Surah An-Nahlسُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ

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وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا عَبَدْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍۢ نَّحْنُ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُنَا وَلَا حَرَّمْنَا مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍۢ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ فَهَلْ عَلَى ٱلرُّسُلِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (16:35)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَقَالَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
2ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
3أَشْرَكُوا۟—V – past form 4 verbفعل ماض
4لَوْ—P – particleحرف
5شَآءَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
6ٱللَّهُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
7مَا—P – particleحرف
8عَبَدْنَا—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
9مِن—P – particleحرف
10دُونِهِۦ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
11مِن—P – particleحرف
12شَىْءٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
13نَّحْنُ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
14وَلَآ—P – particleحرف
15ءَابَآؤُنَا—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
16وَلَا—P – particleحرف
17حَرَّمْنَا—V – past form 2 verbفعل ماض
18مِن—P – particleحرف
19دُونِهِۦ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
20مِن—P – particleحرف
21شَىْءٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
22كَذَٰلِكَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
23فَعَلَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
24ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
25مِن—P – particleحرف
26قَبْلِهِمْ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
27فَهَلْ—P – particleحرف
28عَلَى—P – particleحرف
29ٱلرُّسُلِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
30إِلَّا—P – particleحرف
31ٱلْبَلَٰغُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
32ٱلْمُبِينُ—N – nominative masculine form 4 nounاسم مرفوع

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

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وَقَالَ

Verb
2

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
3

أَشْرَكُوا۟

Verb
4

لَوْ

Particle
5

شَآءَ

Verb
6

ٱللَّهُ

Noun
7

مَا

Particle
8

عَبَدْنَا

Verb
9

مِن

Particle
10

دُونِهِۦ

Noun
11

مِن

Particle
12

شَىْءٍ

Noun
13

نَّحْنُ

Noun
14

وَلَآ

Particle
15

ءَابَآؤُنَا

Noun
16

وَلَا

Particle
17

حَرَّمْنَا

Verb
18

مِن

Particle
19

دُونِهِۦ

Noun
20

مِن

Particle
21

شَىْءٍ

Noun
22

كَذَٰلِكَ

Noun
23

فَعَلَ

Verb
24

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
25

مِن

Particle
26

قَبْلِهِمْ

Noun
27

فَهَلْ

Particle
28

عَلَى

Particle
29

ٱلرُّسُلِ

Noun
30

إِلَّا

Particle
31

ٱلْبَلَٰغُ

Noun
32

ٱلْمُبِينُ

Noun

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

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