The 23rd word of verse (16:75) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and proper noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". 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) (16:75:23) lillahi (is) for Allah!
P – prefixed preposition lām PN – genitive proper noun → Allah	جار ومجرور

Verse (16:75)

The analysis above refers to the 75th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: Allah presents an example: a slave [who is] owned and unable to do a thing and he to whom We have provided from Us good provision, so he spends from it secretly and publicly. Can they be equal? Praise to Allah ! But most of them 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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