Why has "Fi" been used instead of "Li" in "Mawaddata Fil Qurba" in the Qur'anic verse (42:23) of Mawaddah while "Fi" means "in" and "Li" means "for" in Arabic?
Why has "Fi" been used instead of "Li" in "Mawaddata Fil Qurba" in the Qur'anic verse (42:23) of Mawaddah while "Fi" means "in" and "Li" means "for" in Arabic?
"Say, ‘I do not ask you any reward for it except the love of [my] relatives.’" (Qur'an 42:23)
Zoheir Ali Esmail, Shaykh Zoheir Ali Esmail has a Bsc in Accounting and Finance from the LSE in London, and an MA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University. He studied Arabic at Damascus University and holds a PhD... Answered 6 years ago
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Thank you for your question. According to Zamakhshari in his commentary al-Kashshaf, using the pronoun fi gives the meaning of the Family of the Prophet (saw) being the place of established love, whereas the pronoun li only would explain who the love was for. Fi therefore gives a greater meaning.
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