ضَرَبْتُهُ لِلتَّأْدِيبِ
Translation: I struck him for discipline.
ضَرَبْتُهُ: past verb, subject suffix, and object pronoun.
لِـ: causal preposition.
التَّأْدِيبِ: genitive noun governed by the expressed lām.
This teaching expansion makes the book’s “ay li-t-taʾdīb” explicit. With a pronounced lām, the noun is genitive, not accusative.
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Al-Mafʿūl Lahu: Expressing the Reason for an Action
ضَرَبْتُهُ لِلتَّأْدِيبِ
Translation: I struck him for discipline.
ضَرَبْتُهُ: past verb, subject suffix, and object pronoun.
لِـ: causal preposition.
التَّأْدِيبِ: genitive noun governed by the expressed lām.
This teaching expansion makes the book’s “ay li-t-taʾdīb” explicit. With a pronounced lām, the noun is genitive, not accusative.