The sixteenth word of verse (9:12) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and personal pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The personal pronoun is third person masculine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:12:16) lahum for them,
P – prefixed preposition lām PRON – 3rd person masculine plural personal pronoun	جار ومجرور

Verse (9:12)

The analysis above refers to the twelfth verse of chapter 9 (sūrat l-tawbah):

Sahih International: And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse

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