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Verse (17:107), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (17:107) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is dhāl qāf nūn (ذ ق ن). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey)


(17:107:17)
lil'adhqāni
on their faces
P – prefixed preposition lām
N – genitive masculine plural noun
جار ومجرور

Verse (17:107)

The analysis above refers to the 107th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Say, "Believe in it or do not believe. Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration,

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