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Verse (7:89), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (7:89) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and personal pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The personal pronoun is first person plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

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


(7:89:17)
lanā
for us
P – prefixed preposition lām
PRON – 1st person plural personal pronoun
جار ومجرور

Verse (7:89)

The analysis above refers to the 89th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: We would have invented against Allah a lie if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah , our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allah we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."

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