The third word of verse (17:78) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and verbal noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The verbal noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The verbal noun's triliteral root is dāl lām kāf (د ل ك). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey) (17:78:3) lidulūki at the decline
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine verbal noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (17:78)

The analysis above refers to the 78th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.

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 dāl lām kāf

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