The sixth word of verse (15:4) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, preposition and personal pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The personal pronoun is third person feminine singular. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (15) sūrat l-ḥij'r (The Rocky Tract) (15:4:6) walahā (there was) for it
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) P – prefixed preposition lām PRON – 3rd person feminine singular personal pronoun	الواو عاطفة جار ومجرور

Verse (15:4)

The analysis above refers to the fourth verse of chapter 15 (sūrat l-ḥij'r):

Sahih International: And We did not destroy any city but that for it was a known decree.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse

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