Surah Yusufسُورَةُ يُوسُفَ

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وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍۢ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ
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Verse syntax (12:42)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَقَالَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
2لِلَّذِى—N – nounاسم مرفوع
3ظَنَّ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
4أَنَّهُۥ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
5نَاجٍ—N – genitive masculine form 1 nounاسم مجرور
6مِّنْهُمَا—P – particleحرف
7ٱذْكُرْنِى—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
8عِندَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
9رَبِّكَ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
10فَأَنسَىٰهُ—V – past form 4 verbفعل ماض
11ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
12ذِكْرَ—N – accusative masculine form 1 nounاسم منصوب
13رَبِّهِۦ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
14فَلَبِثَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
15فِى—P – particleحرف
16ٱلسِّجْنِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
17بِضْعَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
18سِنِينَ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور

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وَقَالَ

Verb
2

لِلَّذِى

Noun
3

ظَنَّ

Verb
4

أَنَّهُۥ

Particle
5

نَاجٍ

Noun
6

مِّنْهُمَا

Particle
7

ٱذْكُرْنِى

Verb
8

عِندَ

Noun
9

رَبِّكَ

Noun
10

فَأَنسَىٰهُ

Verb
11

ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ

Noun
12

ذِكْرَ

Noun
13

رَبِّهِۦ

Noun
14

فَلَبِثَ

Verb
15

فِى

Particle
16

ٱلسِّجْنِ

Noun
17

بِضْعَ

Noun
18

سِنِينَ

Noun

Morphology data from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds).

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