The nineteenth word of verse (3:47) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A result particle, accusative particle and preventive particle. The result particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate the result of a condition. The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The preventive particle mā stops inna from taking its normal role in the sentence. Together the segments are known as kāfa wa makfūfa (كافة ومكفوفة).

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:47:19) fa-innamā then only
RSLT – prefixed result particle ACC – accusative particle PREV – preventive particle mā	الفاء واقعة في جواب الشرط كافة ومكفوفة

Verse (3:47)

The analysis above refers to the 47th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah ; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

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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