The second word of verse (48:16) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and passive participle. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The form II passive participle is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The passive participle's triliteral root is khā lām fā (خ ل ف). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (48) sūrat l-fatḥ (The Victory) (48:16:2) lil'mukhallafīna to those who remained behind
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural (form II) passive participle	جار ومجرور

Verse (48:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 48 (sūrat l-fatḥ):

Sahih International: Say to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit. So if you obey, Allah will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment."

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root khā lām fā

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