The ninth word of verse (41:11) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, preposition and noun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is feminine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is hamza rā ḍād (أ ر ض). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (41) sūrat fuṣṣilat (Explained in Detail) (41:11:9) walil'arḍi and to the earth,
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive feminine noun → Earth	الواو عاطفة جار ومجرور

Verse (41:11)

The analysis above refers to the eleventh verse of chapter 41 (sūrat fuṣṣilat):

Sahih International: Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

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 rā ḍād
• Earth - referred to by the noun

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