O, like, surely, and they (women)
How the Qur’ān calls someone, likens one thing to another, makes a verb certain, and speaks of women, with two nouns whose meaning is read in the verses.
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- Words of the Qur’ān known whole
- 42.5%
- Parts of the Qur’ān’s words taught so far
- 65%
Counted from the Quranic Arabic Corpus: a word is known whole when every part of it has been taught. The counts say which words you have met, not how much you understand.
This lesson teaches four small parts that join a word, each with its own work, and two nouns, kitāb and al-ḥaqq. Both carry the religion in the Qur’ān's use of them: the course gives no meaning of its own for either, and you read them in the verses, with the edition's meaning beside them.
The new words
- يَٰٓAs the Qur’ān writes it: يَٰٓ · يَٰ · يَ
O (calling someone)
Times in the Qur’ān: 361
- كَ
like, as
Times in the Qur’ān: 295
- نَّAs the Qur’ān writes it: نَّ · نِّ · ا
surely (joined to the end of a verb)
Times in the Qur’ān: 243
- هُنَّAs the Qur’ān writes it: هُنَّ · نَ · هِنَّ
they, them, their (women, or things called feminine)
Times in the Qur’ān: 267
- كِتَٰبAs the Qur’ān writes it: كِتَٰبِ · كِتَٰبَ · كِتَٰبٍ
No meaning is given here: this word carries the religion, and its meaning is read in the verses, with the meaning beside them.
Root: ك ت بTimes in the Qur’ān: 260
- حَقّAs the Qur’ān writes it: حَقِّ · حَقُّ · حَقَّ
No meaning is given here: this word carries the religion, and its meaning is read in the verses, with the meaning beside them.
Root: ح ق قTimes in the Qur’ān: 247
Calling: O
Yā, "O", stands before the one called. The Qur’ān's spelling joins it to the front of that word, and it is often followed by ayyuhā.
- يَٰٓO (calling someone)
- أَيُّهَاsaid after "O" before a noun with al-
The corpus divides yā-ayyuhā into yā, which it marks as a particle of calling, and ayyuhā.
Like
Ka-, "like", is joined to the front of its noun, and the noun takes the genitive ending, as after a preposition.
- كَlike, as
- ٱلْthe
- فَرَاشِ
Ka-l-farāshi is ka, "like", then al-, then farāsh, in the genitive. The last lesson's verse had this word.
Surely: -nna
A verb can be made certain by la- in front and -nna at the end.
- لَfor, to, belonging to; so that (before a verb); surely (in some sentences)
- تَرَوُsee (raʾā: he saw)
- نَّsurely (joined to the end of a verb)
La-tarawunna is la, the lām of the first lesson in its use as "surely", then tarawu, "you see", the present of raʾā, then -nna. The corpus marks both la- and -nna as emphasis: "you will surely see".
They, women
-na and -hunna are "they" and "them" for women, and for things the language calls feminine. After an i, -hunna is written -hinna, as -hum becomes -him.
- فَso, then, and so
- أَثَرْ
- نَthey, them, their (women, or things called feminine)
The corpus divides off the -na at the end of this verb as the pronoun of the feminine plural: it is the doer.
In a sentence
Boy, this is your book.
This sentence was written for practice. Yā waladu, "O boy": the one called is one particular boy, named by a noun with no al-, and that noun ends in u, with no n. Everyday spelling writes yā as a word of its own. Kitābuka is kitāb with ka, "your". Here kitāb is an everyday book; in the Qur’ān its meaning is read from the verse.
Reading
The words you know whole after this lesson are marked.
Allah said, “Such is the truth – and I only say the truth –
English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and earth and all that is between them, and He is Most Capable of all things.
English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20On that Day no soul will be wronged in the least, nor will you be recompensed except for what you used to do.
English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20Recall
- What does the corpus call yā?
- What ending does a noun take after ka-?
- Which two parts make la-tarawunna certain?
Answers: a particle of calling; the genitive; la- at the front and -nna at the end.
Next
The next lesson teaches the command: the form of a verb that tells someone to do something.
Word analysis: Quranic Arabic Corpus 0.4 (Kais Dukes)