Surah An-Nahlسُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ

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ٱدْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَٰدِلْهُم بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Marfūʿ (Nominative)Manṣūb (Accusative)Majrūr (Genitive)VerbsParticlesPronouns

Verse syntax (16:125)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1ٱدْعُ—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
2إِلَىٰ—P – particleحرف
3سَبِيلِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
4رَبِّكَ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
5بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
6وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
7ٱلْحَسَنَةِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
8وَجَٰدِلْهُم—V – imperative form 3 verbفعل أمر
9بِٱلَّتِى—N – nounاسم مرفوع
10هِىَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
11أَحْسَنُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
12إِنَّ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
13رَبَّكَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
14هُوَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
15أَعْلَمُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
16بِمَن—N – nounاسم مرفوع
17ضَلَّ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
18عَن—P – particleحرف
19سَبِيلِهِۦ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
20وَهُوَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
21أَعْلَمُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
22بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ—N – genitive form 8 nounاسم مجرور

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ٱدْعُ

Verb
2

إِلَىٰ

Particle
3

سَبِيلِ

Noun
4

رَبِّكَ

Noun
5

بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ

Noun
6

وَٱلْمَوْعِظَةِ

Noun
7

ٱلْحَسَنَةِ

Noun
8

وَجَٰدِلْهُم

Verb
9

بِٱلَّتِى

Noun
10

هِىَ

Noun
11

أَحْسَنُ

Noun
12

إِنَّ

Particle
13

رَبَّكَ

Noun
14

هُوَ

Noun
15

أَعْلَمُ

Noun
16

بِمَن

Noun
17

ضَلَّ

Verb
18

عَن

Particle
19

سَبِيلِهِۦ

Noun
20

وَهُوَ

Noun
21

أَعْلَمُ

Noun
22

بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Noun

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

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