Grammar term · I'rab · Position
In place of jazm
fi mahall jazm
فِي مَحَلّ جَزْم
I'rabPositioncore term
In one line
“In the place of jazm” (فِي مَحَلّ جَزْم) describes a sentence filling a jazm slot — chiefly the answer of a conditional when it opens with فَ.
Classical definition
تَكُونُ الجُمْلَةُ فِي مَحَلِّ جَزْمٍ إِذَا وَقَعَتْ جَوَابًا لِشَرْطٍ جَازِمٍ مَقْرُونًا بِالفَاءِ.
“A sentence is “in the place of jazm” when it stands as the answer to a jazm-condition, joined by fa.”
Understand it
Only verbs take jazm in form, so this mahall belongs mostly to sentences: when the answer of إِنْ or مَنْ is a full sentence introduced by فَ, that sentence as a whole occupies the jazm slot. مَن يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ (al-A'raf 7:186) — everything after فَ is fi mahall jazm.
How to spot it
Recognition test
A conditional sentence whose answer opens with فَ — that answer-sentence is fi mahall jazm.
Related terms
فِي مَحَلّ جَرّ · fi mahall jarr
فِي مَحَلّ نَصْب · fi mahall nasab
فِي مَحَلّ رَفْع · fi mahall rafa
لَا مَحَلّ لَهُ مِنَ الْإِعْرَاب · la mahall lahu min al-i'rab
Common questions
Can a whole sentence be in jazm?
It can occupy a jazm slot, which is what the phrase means. The answer of a conditional is the usual case: the position calls for jazm, but a sentence has no single ending to clip, so the role is recorded without a visible marker.
Next in the guideفِي مَحَلّ نَصْبIn place of nasab →Updated