The third word of verse (12:56) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and proper noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The proper noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The case marker is a fatḥah instead of a kasrah because the proper noun is a diptote (ممنوع من الصرف). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:56:3) liyūsufa [to] Yusuf
P – prefixed preposition lām PN – genitive masculine proper noun → Yusuf	جار ومجرور

Verse (12:56)

The analysis above refers to the 56th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: And thus We established Joseph in the land to settle therein wherever he willed. We touch with Our mercy whom We will, and We do not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Yusuf - referred to by the proper noun

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