The 21st word of verse (13:11) 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 nūn fā sīn (ن ف س). The attached possessive pronoun is third person masculine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (13) sūrat l-raʿd (The Thunder) (13:11:21) bi-anfusihim (is) in themselves.
P – prefixed preposition bi N – genitive feminine plural noun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (13:11)

The analysis above refers to the eleventh verse of chapter 13 (sūrat l-raʿd):

Sahih International: For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah. Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root nūn fā sīn

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