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Verse (7:38), Word 36 - Quranic Grammar

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The 36th word of verse (7:38) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The indefinite noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is kāf lām lām (ك ل ل). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

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


(7:38:36)
likullin
"For each
P – prefixed preposition lām
N – genitive masculine indefinite noun
جار ومجرور

Verse (7:38)

The analysis above refers to the 38th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: [Allah] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire. He will say, "For each is double, but you do not know."

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