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مَرَرْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ.
Translation: I passed by ʿAbd Allāh.

بِ: preposition.
عَبْدِ: genitive with kasra; also muḍāf.
اللَّهِ: muḍāf ilayh, genitive with kasra.

The first element takes kasra in the genitive; it is not treated as a diptote here.

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ʿAbd Allāh: Genitive Parsing

Diptote Causes — Compounding and Its Conditions

مَرَرْتُ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ.
Translation: I passed by ʿAbd Allāh.

بِ: preposition.
عَبْدِ: genitive with kasra; also muḍāf.
اللَّهِ: muḍāf ilayh, genitive with kasra.

The first element takes kasra in the genitive; it is not treated as a diptote here.