The ninth word of verse (9:65) is divided into 3 morphological segments. An interrogative alif, preposition and proper noun. The prefixed alif is an interrogative particle used to form a question and is usually translated as "is", "are", or "do". The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The proper noun is in the genitive case (مجرور). The proper noun's triliteral root is hamza lām hā (أ ل ه). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:65:9) abil-lahi "Is it Allah
INTG – prefixed interrogative alif P – prefixed preposition bi PN – genitive proper noun → Allah	الهمزة همزة استفهام جار ومجرور

Verse (9:65)

The analysis above refers to the 65th verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?"

See Also

• English Translations
• The Particle alif (أ)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza lām hā
• Allah - referred to by the proper noun

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