Surah Ibrahimسُورَةُ إِبۡرَاهِيمَ

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مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ ۖ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ ٱشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ ٱلرِّيحُ فِى يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍۢ ۖ لَّا يَقْدِرُونَ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلضَّلَٰلُ ٱلْبَعِيدُ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (14:18)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1مَّثَلُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
2ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
3كَفَرُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
4بِرَبِّهِمْ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
5أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
6كَرَمَادٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
7ٱشْتَدَّتْ—V – past form 8 verbفعل ماض
8بِهِ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
9ٱلرِّيحُ—N – nominative feminine nounاسم مرفوع
10فِى—P – particleحرف
11يَوْمٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
12عَاصِفٍ—N – genitive masculine form 1 nounاسم مجرور
13لَّا—P – particleحرف
14يَقْدِرُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
15مِمَّا—P – particleحرف
16كَسَبُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
17عَلَىٰ—P – particleحرف
18شَىْءٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
19ذَٰلِكَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
20هُوَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
21ٱلضَّلَٰلُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
22ٱلْبَعِيدُ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة

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1

مَّثَلُ

Noun
2

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
3

كَفَرُوا۟

Verb
4

بِرَبِّهِمْ

Noun
5

أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ

Noun
6

كَرَمَادٍ

Noun
7

ٱشْتَدَّتْ

Verb
8

بِهِ

Noun
9

ٱلرِّيحُ

Noun
10

فِى

Particle
11

يَوْمٍ

Noun
12

عَاصِفٍ

Noun
13

لَّا

Particle
14

يَقْدِرُونَ

Verb
15

مِمَّا

Particle
16

كَسَبُوا۟

Verb
17

عَلَىٰ

Particle
18

شَىْءٍ

Noun
19

ذَٰلِكَ

Noun
20

هُوَ

Noun
21

ٱلضَّلَٰلُ

Noun
22

ٱلْبَعِيدُ

Adjective

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

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