The sixth word of verse (7:155) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is wāw qāf tā (و ق ت). The attached possessive pronoun is first person plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:155:6) limīqātinā for Our appointment.
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine noun PRON – 1st person plural possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (7:155)

The analysis above refers to the 155th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw qāf tā

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