The second word of verse (16:38) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and proper noun. 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 (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:38:2) bil-lahi by Allah
P – prefixed preposition bi PN – genitive proper noun → Allah	جار ومجرور

Verse (16:38)

The analysis above refers to the 38th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths [that] Allah will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.

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 hamza lām hā
• Allah - referred to by the proper noun

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