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Verse (18:79), Word 4 - Quranic Grammar

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The fourth word of verse (18:79) 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 sīn kāf nūn (س ك ن). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)


(18:79:4)
limasākīna
of (the) poor people
P – prefixed preposition lām
N – genitive masculine plural noun
جار ومجرور

Verse (18:79)

The analysis above refers to the 79th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

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