Surah Al-Kahfسُورَةُ الكَهۡفِ

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ ۖ فَقَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَٰنًۭا ۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ ۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًۭا
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Verse syntax (18:21)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَكَذَٰلِكَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
2أَعْثَرْنَا—V – past form 4 verbفعل ماض
3عَلَيْهِمْ—P – particleحرف
4لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
5أَنَّ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
6وَعْدَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
7ٱللَّهِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
8حَقٌّ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
9وَأَنَّ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
10ٱلسَّاعَةَ—N – accusative feminine nounاسم منصوب
11لَا—P – particleحرف
12رَيْبَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
13فِيهَآ—P – particleحرف
14إِذْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
15يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ—V – imperfect form 6 verbفعل مضارع
16بَيْنَهُمْ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
17أَمْرَهُمْ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
18فَقَالُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
19ٱبْنُوا۟—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
20عَلَيْهِم—P – particleحرف
21بُنْيَٰنًا—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
22رَّبُّهُمْ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
23أَعْلَمُ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة
24بِهِمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
25قَالَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
26ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
27غَلَبُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
28عَلَىٰٓ—P – particleحرف
29أَمْرِهِمْ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
30لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ—V – imperfect form 8 verbفعل مضارع
31عَلَيْهِم—P – particleحرف
32مَّسْجِدًا—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

أَعْثَرْنَا

Verb
3

عَلَيْهِمْ

Particle
4

لِيَعْلَمُوٓا۟

Verb
5

أَنَّ

Particle
6

وَعْدَ

Noun
7

ٱللَّهِ

Noun
8

حَقٌّ

Noun
9

وَأَنَّ

Particle
10

ٱلسَّاعَةَ

Noun
11

لَا

Particle
12

رَيْبَ

Noun
13

فِيهَآ

Particle
14

إِذْ

Noun
15

يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ

Verb
16

بَيْنَهُمْ

Noun
17

أَمْرَهُمْ

Noun
18

فَقَالُوا۟

Verb
19

ٱبْنُوا۟

Verb
20

عَلَيْهِم

Particle
21

بُنْيَٰنًا

Noun
22

رَّبُّهُمْ

Noun
23

أَعْلَمُ

Adjective
24

بِهِمْ

Noun
25

قَالَ

Verb
26

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
27

غَلَبُوا۟

Verb
28

عَلَىٰٓ

Particle
29

أَمْرِهِمْ

Noun
30

لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ

Verb
31

عَلَيْهِم

Particle
32

مَّسْجِدًا

Noun

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

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