كَعَصْفٍ
كَعَصْفٍ is a phrase (شِبْهُ الجُمْلَةِ), a compound consisting of a particle of pulling down (preposition) and a genitive noun
عَصْفٌ is the natural state of this indefinite noun and it changes to كَعَصْفٍ due to the preposition that precedes it
| Phrase | Particle/Noun | Noun | Particle | |||
| شِبْهُ الجُمْلَةِ | جَارٌ وَمَجْرُوْرٌ | اسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ | حَرْفُ جَرٍّ | |||
| Phrase | Compound | Genitive Noun | Particle of pulling down | |||
| like straw | – | كَعَصْفٍ | = | عَصْفٍ | + | كَ |
| like straw | straw | like | ||||
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the genitive particle and genitive noun compound | كَعَصْفٍ |
| Verse | ||
| 105-5 | Thus, making them like devoured crop | فَجَعَلَهُم كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُوْلٍ |