The second word of verse (24:30) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and active participle. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The form IV active participle is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The active participle's triliteral root is hamza mīm nūn (أ م ن). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) (24:30:2) lil'mu'minīna to the believing men
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural (form IV) active participle	جار ومجرور

Verse (24:30)

The analysis above refers to the 30th verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: Tell the believing men to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what they do.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza mīm nūn

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