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Verse (20:40), Word 29 - Quranic Grammar

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The 29th word of verse (20:40) is a proper noun in the genitive case (مجرور). The case marker is a fatḥah instead of a kasrah because the proper noun is a diptote (ممنوع من الصرف).

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā


(20:40:29)
madyana
(of) Madyan.
PN – genitive proper noun → Madyan اسم علم مجرور بالفتحة بدلاً من الكسرة لأنه ممنوع من الصرف

Verse (20:40)

The analysis above refers to the 40th verse of chapter 20 (sūrat ṭā hā):

Sahih International: [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

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