LessonsIndeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and PlaceQuiz

لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُ.
Translation: The command belongs to Allah before and after.

Although both words follow the preposition min, they retain ḍamma. The ḍamma is a fixed building vowel, not a nominative case ending.

Book example: لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُ
Authority belongs to Allah.
Li-llāhi: fronted predicate phrase; al-amru: postponed subject; min qabl and min baʿd: prepositional phrases with indeclinable nouns in genitive positions.

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A Qurʾānic example of fixed ending

Indeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and Place

لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُ.
Translation: The command belongs to Allah before and after.

Although both words follow the preposition min, they retain ḍamma. The ḍamma is a fixed building vowel, not a nominative case ending.

Book example: لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُ
Authority belongs to Allah.
Li-llāhi: fronted predicate phrase; al-amru: postponed subject; min qabl and min baʿd: prepositional phrases with indeclinable nouns in genitive positions.