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لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
Sentence structure
لَّيْسَ is a defective negative verb. لَهُمْ is its fronted predicate and طَعَامٌ its delayed noun; إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ states the exception.

Ayah summary
They will have no food except the thorny plant called dari‘.

لَّيْسَ — Not is
Grammar: A third-person masculine-singular defective negative verb of the كَانَ class.

لَهُمْ — for them
Grammar: لَ is a preposition and هُمْ a third-person masculine-plural genitive pronoun; the phrase is the fronted predicate of لَيْسَ.

طَعَامٌ — food
Grammar: An indefinite masculine-singular nominative delayed noun of لَيْسَ.

إِلَّا — except
Grammar: An exception particle.

مِن — from
Grammar: A preposition beginning the excepted phrase. This phrase is linked to «طَعَامٌ».

ضَرِيعٍۢ — a bitter thorny plant
Grammar: An indefinite masculine-singular genitive noun governed by مِن.

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Surah Al-Ghashiyah · Ayah 6

Surah Al-Ghashiyah — Part 1

لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍۢ
Sentence structure
لَّيْسَ is a defective negative verb. لَهُمْ is its fronted predicate and طَعَامٌ its delayed noun; إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ states the exception.

Ayah summary
They will have no food except the thorny plant called dari‘.

لَّيْسَ — Not is
Grammar: A third-person masculine-singular defective negative verb of the كَانَ class.

لَهُمْ — for them
Grammar: لَ is a preposition and هُمْ a third-person masculine-plural genitive pronoun; the phrase is the fronted predicate of لَيْسَ.

طَعَامٌ — food
Grammar: An indefinite masculine-singular nominative delayed noun of لَيْسَ.

إِلَّا — except
Grammar: An exception particle.

مِن — from
Grammar: A preposition beginning the excepted phrase. This phrase is linked to «طَعَامٌ».

ضَرِيعٍۢ — a bitter thorny plant
Grammar: An indefinite masculine-singular genitive noun governed by مِن.