Grammar term · Nahw · syntax
اِسْم مَجْرُور
ism majrur
Noun governed by preposition
Nahw · syntaxSyntactic rolecore term6,492+ in the Qur'an
In one line
A noun in jarr after one of the prepositions (حُرُوف الْجَرّ).
The classical list
فَأَمَّا الْمَخْفُوضُ بِالْحَرْفِ فَهُوَ مَا يُخْفَضُ بِمِنْ، وَإِلَى، وَعَنْ، وَعَلَى، وَفِي، وَرُبَّ، وَالْبَاءِ، وَالْكَافِ، وَاللَّامِ…
“As for what is lowered by a particle, it is whatever is lowered by min, ila, 'an, 'ala, fi, rubba, the ba', the kaf and the lam…”
(الآجرّومية)
Key words in the Arabic
يُخْفَضُ بِـis lowered (put in jarr) by
Understand it
Nine little words carry most of the Quran's structure: مِنْ from, إِلَى to, عَنْ about, عَلَى upon, فِي in, بِـ with/by, كَـ like, لِـ for, plus رُبَّ. Whatever noun follows one of them takes jarr — no exceptions, no negotiation. Learn this list well: prepositions and idafa are the only two routes into jarr.
How to spot it
Recognition test
Any noun straight after مِنْ، إِلَى، عَنْ، عَلَى، فِي، بِـ، كَـ، لِـ is majrur.
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