The second word of verse (26:185) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An accusative particle and preventive particle. The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The preventive particle mā stops inna from taking its normal role in the sentence. Together the segments are known as kāfa wa makfūfa (كافة ومكفوفة).

Chapter (26) sūrat l-shuʿarā (The Poets) (26:185:2) innamā "Only
ACC – accusative particle PREV – preventive particle mā	كافة ومكفوفة

Verse (26:185)

The analysis above refers to the 185th verse of chapter 26 (sūrat l-shuʿarā):

Sahih International: They said, "You are only of those affected by magic.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle inna (ان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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