مَفْعُول فِيهِ (ظَرْف)
maf'ul fih (zarf)
Adverbial object (zarf)
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The adverbial object (zarf) — a noun in nasb giving the time or place of the action.
Classical definition
المَفْعُولُ فِيهِ، وَهُوَ المُسَمَّى ظَرْفًا، اسْمُ الزَّمَانِ أَوِ المَكَانِ المَنْصُوبُ بِتَقْدِيرِ «فِي».
(الآجرّومية)
How to spot it
Recognition test
It answers “when?” or “where?” and is in nasb — e.g. “today,” “in front of,” “above.”
In the Qur'an
وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ
Qaf 50:35 — “And with Us is yet more”
لَدَيْ is a zarf of place (in nasb) — “with / in Our presence.”
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