The ninth word of verse (51:42) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is rā mīm mīm (ر م م). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (51) sūrat l-dhāriyāt (The Wind that Scatter) (51:42:9) kal-ramīmi like disintegrated ruins.
P – prefixed preposition ka N – genitive masculine noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (51:42)

The analysis above refers to the 42nd verse of chapter 51 (sūrat l-dhāriyāt):

Sahih International: It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

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 rā mīm mīm

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