The eighth word of verse (3:157) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix and noun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The indefinite noun is feminine and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The noun's triliteral root is ghayn fā rā (غ ف ر).

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:157:8) lamaghfiratun certainly forgiveness
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām N – nominative feminine indefinite noun	اللام لام التوكيد اسم مرفوع

Verse (3:157)

The analysis above refers to the 157th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: And if you are killed in the cause of Allah or die - then forgiveness from Allah and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].

See Also

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

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