The seventh word of verse (5:18) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The noun is masculine plural and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The noun's triliteral root is ḥā bā bā (ح ب ب). The attached possessive pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:18:7) wa-aḥibbāuhu and His beloved."
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) N – nominative masculine plural noun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun	الواو عاطفة اسم مرفوع والهاء ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (5:18)

The analysis above refers to the eighteenth verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the [final] destination.

See Also

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• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root ḥā bā bā

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FS 31st March, 2010 Once again should we lable this as a broken masculine plural? What do we think?

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