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Verse (3:36), Word 18 - Quranic Grammar

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The eighteenth word of verse (3:36) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, accusative particle and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The attached object pronoun is first person singular.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān)


(3:36:18)
wa-innī
and that I
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
ACC – accusative particle
PRON – 1st person singular object pronoun
الواو عاطفة
حرف نصب والياء ضمير متصل في محل نصب اسم «ان»

Verse (3:36)

The analysis above refers to the 36th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female. And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allah]."

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