Surah Al-Kahfسُورَةُ الكَهۡفِ

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثْنَٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۢ ۚ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًۭا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍۢ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا
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Verse syntax (18:19)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَكَذَٰلِكَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
2بَعَثْنَٰهُمْ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
3لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟—V – imperfect form 6 verbفعل مضارع
4بَيْنَهُمْ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
5قَالَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
6قَآئِلٌ—N – nominative masculine form 1 nounاسم مرفوع
7مِّنْهُمْ—P – particleحرف
8كَمْ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
9لَبِثْتُمْ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
10قَالُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
11لَبِثْنَا—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
12يَوْمًا—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
13أَوْ—P – particleحرف
14بَعْضَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
15يَوْمٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
16قَالُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
17رَبُّكُمْ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
18أَعْلَمُ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة
19بِمَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
20لَبِثْتُمْ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
21فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
22أَحَدَكُم—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
23بِوَرِقِكُمْ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
24هَٰذِهِۦٓ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
25إِلَى—P – particleحرف
26ٱلْمَدِينَةِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
27فَلْيَنظُرْ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
28أَيُّهَآ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
29أَزْكَىٰ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
30طَعَامًا—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
31فَلْيَأْتِكُم—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
32بِرِزْقٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
33مِّنْهُ—P – particleحرف
34وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ—V – imperfect form 5 verbفعل مضارع
35وَلَا—P – particleحرف
36يُشْعِرَنَّ—V – imperfect form 4 verbفعل مضارع
37بِكُمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
38أَحَدًا—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب

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

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ

Noun
2

بَعَثْنَٰهُمْ

Verb
3

لِيَتَسَآءَلُوا۟

Verb
4

بَيْنَهُمْ

Noun
5

قَالَ

Verb
6

قَآئِلٌ

Noun
7

مِّنْهُمْ

Particle
8

كَمْ

Noun
9

لَبِثْتُمْ

Verb
10

قَالُوا۟

Verb
11

لَبِثْنَا

Verb
12

يَوْمًا

Noun
13

أَوْ

Particle
14

بَعْضَ

Noun
15

يَوْمٍ

Noun
16

قَالُوا۟

Verb
17

رَبُّكُمْ

Noun
18

أَعْلَمُ

Adjective
19

بِمَا

Noun
20

لَبِثْتُمْ

Verb
21

فَٱبْعَثُوٓا۟

Verb
22

أَحَدَكُم

Noun
23

بِوَرِقِكُمْ

Noun
24

هَٰذِهِۦٓ

Noun
25

إِلَى

Particle
26

ٱلْمَدِينَةِ

Noun
27

فَلْيَنظُرْ

Verb
28

أَيُّهَآ

Noun
29

أَزْكَىٰ

Noun
30

طَعَامًا

Noun
31

فَلْيَأْتِكُم

Verb
32

بِرِزْقٍ

Noun
33

مِّنْهُ

Particle
34

وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ

Verb
35

وَلَا

Particle
36

يُشْعِرَنَّ

Verb
37

بِكُمْ

Noun
38

أَحَدًا

Noun

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

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