كَالْفَرَاشِ
كَالْفَرَاشِ is a phrase (شِبْهُ الجُمْلَةِ), a compound consisting of a particle of pulling down (preposition) and a genitive noun
الْفَرَاشُ is the natural state of this definite noun and it changes to كَالْفَرَاشِ due to the preposition كَ 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 moth | – | كَالْفَرَاشِ | = | الْفَرَاشِ | + | كَ |
like moth | moth | like | ||||
Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the genitive particle and genitive noun compound | كَالْفَرَاشِ |
Verse | ||
101-4 | it is a day when the people will be like scattered moth | يَوْمَ يَكُوْنُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوْثِ |