The 32nd word of verse (27:40) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is feminine singular and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is nūn fā sīn (ن ف س). The attached possessive pronoun is third person masculine singular. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (27) sūrat l-naml (The Ants) (27:40:32) linafsihi for his own soul.
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive feminine singular noun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور والهاء ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (27:40)

The analysis above refers to the 40th verse of chapter 27 (sūrat l-naml):

Sahih International: Said one who had knowledge from the Scripture, "I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you." And when [Solomon] saw it placed before him, he said, "This is from the favor of my Lord to test me whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. And whoever is grateful - his gratitude is only for [the benefit of] himself. And whoever is ungrateful - then indeed, my Lord is Free of need and Generous."

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 nūn fā sīn

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