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Verse (16:116), Word 3 - Quranic Grammar

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The third word of verse (16:116) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and relative pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:116:3)
limā
for that which
P – prefixed preposition lām
REL – relative pronoun
جار ومجرور

Verse (16:116)

The analysis above refers to the 116th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And do not say about what your tongues assert of untruth, "This is lawful and this is unlawful," to invent falsehood about Allah. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed.

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