The fifteenth word of verse (25:20) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The indefinite noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is bā ʿayn ḍād (ب ع ض). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (25) sūrat l-fur'qān (The Criterion) (25:20:15) libaʿḍin for others
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine indefinite noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (25:20)

The analysis above refers to the twentieth verse of chapter 25 (sūrat l-fur'qān):

Sahih International: And We did not send before you, [O Muhammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

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 bā ʿayn ḍād

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