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Verse (7:161), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (7:161) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and personal pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The personal pronoun is second person masculine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights)


(7:161:17)
lakum
for you
P – prefixed preposition lām
PRON – 2nd person masculine plural personal pronoun
جار ومجرور

Verse (7:161)

The analysis above refers to the 161st verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And [mention, O Muhammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens,' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

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