The ninth word of verse (23:20) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and active participle. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The active participle is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The active participle's triliteral root is hamza kāf lām (أ ك ل). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (23) sūrat l-mu'minūn (The Believers) (23:20:9) lil'ākilīna for those who eat.
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural active participle	جار ومجرور

Verse (23:20)

The analysis above refers to the twentieth verse of chapter 23 (sūrat l-mu'minūn):

Sahih International: And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food for those who eat.

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 kāf lām

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