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Verse (39:49), Word 12 - Quranic Grammar

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The twelfth word of verse (39:49) is divided into 2 morphological segments. An accusative particle and preventive particle. The accusative particle belongs to a special group of words known as inna and her sisters (ان واخواتها). The preventive particle stops inna from taking its normal role in the sentence. Together the segments are known as kāfa wa makfūfa (كافة ومكفوفة).

Chapter (39) sūrat l-zumar (The Groups)


(39:49:12)
innamā
"Only,
ACC – accusative particle
PREV – preventive particle
كافة ومكفوفة

Verse (39:49)

The analysis above refers to the 49th verse of chapter 39 (sūrat l-zumar):

Sahih International: And when adversity touches man, he calls upon Us; then when We bestow on him a favor from Us, he says, "I have only been given it because of [my] knowledge." Rather, it is a trial, but most of them do not know.

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