The second word of verse (3:24) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, accusative particle and object pronoun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:24:2) bi-annahum (is) because they
P – prefixed preposition bi ACC – accusative particle PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	حرف جر حرف نصب من اخوات «ان» و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب اسم «ان»

Verse (3:24)

The analysis above refers to the 24th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle inna (ان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word

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