Surah Al-Qasasسُورَةُ القَصَصِ

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وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (28:23)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَلَمَّا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
2وَرَدَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
3مَآءَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
4مَدْيَنَ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
5وَجَدَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
6عَلَيْهِ—P – particleحرف
7أُمَّةً—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
8مِّنَ—P – particleحرف
9ٱلنَّاسِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
10يَسْقُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
11وَوَجَدَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
12مِن—P – particleحرف
13دُونِهِمُ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
14ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
15تَذُودَانِ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
16قَالَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
17مَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
18خَطْبُكُمَا—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
19قَالَتَا—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
20لَا—P – particleحرف
21نَسْقِى—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
22حَتَّىٰ—P – particleحرف
23يُصْدِرَ—V – imperfect form 4 verbفعل مضارع
24ٱلرِّعَآءُ—N – nominative masculine form 3 nounاسم مرفوع
25وَأَبُونَا—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
26شَيْخٌ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة
27كَبِيرٌ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة

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

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وَلَمَّا

Noun
2

وَرَدَ

Verb
3

مَآءَ

Noun
4

مَدْيَنَ

Noun
5

وَجَدَ

Verb
6

عَلَيْهِ

Particle
7

أُمَّةً

Noun
8

مِّنَ

Particle
9

ٱلنَّاسِ

Noun
10

يَسْقُونَ

Verb
11

وَوَجَدَ

Verb
12

مِن

Particle
13

دُونِهِمُ

Noun
14

ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ

Noun
15

تَذُودَانِ

Verb
16

قَالَ

Verb
17

مَا

Noun
18

خَطْبُكُمَا

Noun
19

قَالَتَا

Verb
20

لَا

Particle
21

نَسْقِى

Verb
22

حَتَّىٰ

Particle
23

يُصْدِرَ

Verb
24

ٱلرِّعَآءُ

Noun
25

وَأَبُونَا

Noun
26

شَيْخٌ

Adjective
27

كَبِيرٌ

Adjective

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

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