The two uses of the word Ḥarf are clearly illustrated in...

The two uses of the word Ḥarf are clearly illustrated in the following expression: "مِنْ"حرف مكوَّن منحرفين [”Min” is a Ḥarf (particle) composed of two Ḥarfs (letters)] [^10] Khafḍ, as will be mentioned in the Chapter on I‘rāb, is a particular change at the end of a word in the form of a Kasrah, or one of its substitute signs (the Fatḥah and Ya’), caused by an ‘Āmil. Khafḍ occurs in three places viz: when a declinable Ism is preceded by a Ḥarf Jarr e.g.

when it occurs as the Muḍāf ilayh e.g. when it occurs as a Tābi‘ of one of the two previous cases e.g. Each of these three places is illustrated in the Basmalah i.e. بسمِ اللهِ الرحمنِ الرحيم Thus, the noun اسمِ ends in a Kasrah because it is preceded by a Ḥarf Jarr, the Lafz al-Jalālah (i.e. the Expression…