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Verse (8:7), Word 20 - Quranic Grammar

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The twentieth word of verse (8:7) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The noun is feminine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is kāf lām mīm (ك ل م). The attached possessive pronoun is third person masculine singular. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War)


(8:7:20)
bikalimātihi
by His words,
P – prefixed preposition bi
N – genitive feminine plural noun
PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun
جار ومجرور والهاء ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (8:7)

The analysis above refers to the seventh verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: [Remember, O believers], when Allah promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allah intended to establish the truth by His words and to eliminate the disbelievers

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