The third word of verse (28:49) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The indefinite noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is kāf tā bā (ك ت ب). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) (28:49:3) bikitābin a Book
P – prefixed preposition bi N – genitive masculine indefinite noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (28:49)

The analysis above refers to the 49th verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allah which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful."

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 kāf tā bā

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