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Verse (7:127), Word 5 - Quranic Grammar

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The fifth word of verse (7:127) is a masculine proper noun and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The case marker is a fatḥah instead of a kasrah because the proper noun is a diptote (ممنوع من الصرف).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights)


(7:127:5)
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun,
PN – genitive masculine proper noun → Pharaoh اسم علم مجرور بالفتحة بدلاً من الكسرة لأنه ممنوع من الصرف

Verse (7:127)

The analysis above refers to the 127th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."

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