Week 2 Summary
- Reviewed the different types of words in Arabic can be classified into: اسم – فعل – حرف
- Discussed the meanings of اسم اشارة
- All اسم and فعل are either مذکر or مونث
- Discussed that one of the signs of مونث is تا مربوطة
- One of the signs of اسم is being suffixed by ال
- Discussed what is مضاف – مضاف الیه. Discussed one of the signs . Examples
- آیات الکتاب -Verses of the Book
- رسول الله – Prophet of God
- بیت العلم – House of Knowledge
- Discussed what is صفت – موصوف. Discussed one of the signs. Examples:
- الکتاب المبین – The Clear Book
- الصراط المستقیم – The Straight Path
- المسجد الحرام – The Sacred Masjid
Homework
- What is the purpose of the Huroof Muqat’iah? Read Tafsir -al-Mizan here Tafsir Al-Mizan – Volume 35 (almizan.org)
- The pronoun تلک indicates pointing at a distance. Why is هذه not used?
- Why is it translated to “those” here in the verse?
- Which verses of the Quran is Allah talking about here?
- The root of the following words: ٱلْكِتَٰبِ – ٱلْمُبِينِ are ک ت ب and ب ی ن. Review the different variances of the words from here: Quran Dictionary and Quran Dictionary
- From the Quran – find at least 5 examples of مضاف – مضاف الیه
- From the Quran – find at least 5 examples of صفت – موصوف
Reference
The Quranic Arabic Corpus – Word by Word Grammar, Syntax and Morphology of the Holy Quran
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Translation |
Arabic word |
Syntax and morphology |
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(12:1:1) alif-lam-ra Alif Laam Ra. |
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INL – Quranic initials حروف مقطعة |
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(12:1:2) til’ka These |
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DEM – feminine singular demonstrative pronoun اسم اشارة |
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(12:1:3) (are the) Verses |
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N – nominative feminine plural noun اسم |
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(12:1:4) (of) the Book |
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N – genitive masculine noun اسم |
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(12:1:5) [the] clear. |
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N – genitive masculine (form IV) active participle اسم |
