The third word of verse (9:17) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and active participle. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The form IV active participle is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The active participle's triliteral root is shīn rā kāf (ش ر ك). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (9) sūrat l-tawbah (The Repentance) (9:17:3) lil'mush'rikīna for the polytheists
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural (form IV) active participle	جار ومجرور

Verse (9:17)

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

Sahih International: It is not for the polytheists to maintain the mosques of Allah [while] witnessing against themselves with disbelief. [For] those, their deeds have become worthless, and in the Fire they will abide eternally.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root shīn rā kāf

Messages

You can sign in to add a message if this information could be improved or requires discussion.

Word 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11