The seventh word of verse (2:234) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The noun is feminine plural 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 feminine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:234:7) bi-anfusihinna for themselves
P – prefixed preposition bi N – genitive feminine plural noun PRON – 3rd person feminine plural possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور و«هن» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (2:234)

The analysis above refers to the 234th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - they, [the wives, shall] wait four months and ten [days]. And when they have fulfilled their term, then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner. And Allah is [fully] Acquainted with what you do.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root nūn fā sīn

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