The fifth word of verse (54:50) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The indefinite noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is lām mīm ḥā (ل م ح). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (54) sūrat l-qamar (The Moon) (54:50:5) kalamḥin like the twinkling
P – prefixed preposition ka N – genitive masculine indefinite noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (54:50)

The analysis above refers to the 50th verse of chapter 54 (sūrat l-qamar):

Sahih International: And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.

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 lām mīm ḥā

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