Possessive phrase | اَلْمُرَّكَبُ الإِضافِي

اَلْمُضَافُ إِلَيْهِ – the possessor of the possession phrase

Examples in which اَلْمُضَافُ إِلَيْهِ is a common noun:

إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ

[That] indeed, the Qur’an is the word of a noble Messenger. (69:40)

وَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا

And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, (42:40)

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ 

So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it (99:7)

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

And from the evil of an envier when he envies.” (113:5)

The last letter of the اَلْمُضَافُ إِلَيْهِ will always have tanween kasrah or kasrah, i.e., it will always be genitive.

اَلْمُضَافُ إِلَيْهِ can also be in the form of a pronoun. However, the pronoun will not bear kasrah on it.

Examples of possession phrase:

 وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكُمْ

and that you may be guided. (2:150)

مَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَمَا كَسَبَ 

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained. (111:2)

وَاللَّـهُ وَلِيُّهُمَا ۗ وَعَلَى اللَّـهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ

 but Allah was their ally, and upon Allah, the believers should rely. (3:122)

وَإِن تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا

And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all (3:120)

فِي جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌ مِّن مَّسَدٍ

Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber. (111:5)

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ 

For you is your religion, and for me, is my religion.” (109:6)

وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّـهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا

And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. (3:103)