Surah An-Nahlسُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ

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هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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

Verse syntax (16:33)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1هَلْ—P – particleحرف
2يَنظُرُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
3إِلَّآ—P – particleحرف
4أَن—P – particleحرف
5تَأْتِيَهُمُ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
6ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
7أَوْ—P – particleحرف
8يَأْتِىَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
9أَمْرُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
10رَبِّكَ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
11كَذَٰلِكَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
12فَعَلَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
13ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
14مِن—P – particleحرف
15قَبْلِهِمْ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
16وَمَا—P – particleحرف
17ظَلَمَهُمُ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
18ٱللَّهُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
19وَلَٰكِن—P – particleحرف
20كَانُوٓا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
21أَنفُسَهُمْ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
22يَظْلِمُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع

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هَلْ

Particle
2

يَنظُرُونَ

Verb
3

إِلَّآ

Particle
4

أَن

Particle
5

تَأْتِيَهُمُ

Verb
6

ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ

Noun
7

أَوْ

Particle
8

يَأْتِىَ

Verb
9

أَمْرُ

Noun
10

رَبِّكَ

Noun
11

كَذَٰلِكَ

Noun
12

فَعَلَ

Verb
13

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
14

مِن

Particle
15

قَبْلِهِمْ

Noun
16

وَمَا

Particle
17

ظَلَمَهُمُ

Verb
18

ٱللَّهُ

Noun
19

وَلَٰكِن

Particle
20

كَانُوٓا۟

Verb
21

أَنفُسَهُمْ

Noun
22

يَظْلِمُونَ

Verb

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

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