Surah Al-Kahfسُورَةُ الكَهۡفِ

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وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًۭا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَٰحُ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ مُّقْتَدِرًا
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Verse syntax (18:45)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَٱضْرِبْ—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
2لَهُم—N – nounاسم مرفوع
3مَّثَلَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
4ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
5ٱلدُّنْيَا—ADJ – genitive adjectiveصفة مجرورة
6كَمَآءٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
7أَنزَلْنَٰهُ—V – past form 4 verbفعل ماض
8مِنَ—P – particleحرف
9ٱلسَّمَآءِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
10فَٱخْتَلَطَ—V – past form 8 verbفعل ماض
11بِهِۦ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
12نَبَاتُ—N – nominative feminine nounاسم مرفوع
13ٱلْأَرْضِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
14فَأَصْبَحَ—V – past form 4 verbفعل ماض
15هَشِيمًا—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
16تَذْرُوهُ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
17ٱلرِّيَٰحُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
18وَكَانَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
19ٱللَّهُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
20عَلَىٰ—P – particleحرف
21كُلِّ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
22شَىْءٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
23مُّقْتَدِرًا—N – accusative masculine form 8 nounاسم منصوب

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

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وَٱضْرِبْ

Verb
2

لَهُم

Noun
3

مَّثَلَ

Noun
4

ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ

Noun
5

ٱلدُّنْيَا

Adjective
6

كَمَآءٍ

Noun
7

أَنزَلْنَٰهُ

Verb
8

مِنَ

Particle
9

ٱلسَّمَآءِ

Noun
10

فَٱخْتَلَطَ

Verb
11

بِهِۦ

Noun
12

نَبَاتُ

Noun
13

ٱلْأَرْضِ

Noun
14

فَأَصْبَحَ

Verb
15

هَشِيمًا

Noun
16

تَذْرُوهُ

Verb
17

ٱلرِّيَٰحُ

Noun
18

وَكَانَ

Verb
19

ٱللَّهُ

Noun
20

عَلَىٰ

Particle
21

كُلِّ

Noun
22

شَىْءٍ

Noun
23

مُّقْتَدِرًا

Noun

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

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