Surah Saadسُورَةُ صٓ

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يَٰدَاوُۥدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰكَ خَلِيفَةًۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعِ ٱلْهَوَىٰ فَيُضِلَّكَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَضِلُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ شَدِيدٌۢ بِمَا نَسُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْحِسَابِ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (38:26)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1يَٰدَاوُۥدُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
2إِنَّا—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
3جَعَلْنَٰكَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
4خَلِيفَةً—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
5فِى—P – particleحرف
6ٱلْأَرْضِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
7فَٱحْكُم—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
8بَيْنَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
9ٱلنَّاسِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
10بِٱلْحَقِّ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
11وَلَا—P – particleحرف
12تَتَّبِعِ—V – imperfect form 8 verbفعل مضارع
13ٱلْهَوَىٰ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
14فَيُضِلَّكَ—V – imperfect form 4 verbفعل مضارع
15عَن—P – particleحرف
16سَبِيلِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
17ٱللَّهِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
18إِنَّ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
19ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
20يَضِلُّونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
21عَن—P – particleحرف
22سَبِيلِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
23ٱللَّهِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
24لَهُمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
25عَذَابٌ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
26شَدِيدٌۢ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة
27بِمَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
28نَسُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
29يَوْمَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
30ٱلْحِسَابِ—N – genitive masculine form 3 nounاسم مجرور

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

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يَٰدَاوُۥدُ

Noun
2

إِنَّا

Particle
3

جَعَلْنَٰكَ

Verb
4

خَلِيفَةً

Noun
5

فِى

Particle
6

ٱلْأَرْضِ

Noun
7

فَٱحْكُم

Verb
8

بَيْنَ

Noun
9

ٱلنَّاسِ

Noun
10

بِٱلْحَقِّ

Noun
11

وَلَا

Particle
12

تَتَّبِعِ

Verb
13

ٱلْهَوَىٰ

Noun
14

فَيُضِلَّكَ

Verb
15

عَن

Particle
16

سَبِيلِ

Noun
17

ٱللَّهِ

Noun
18

إِنَّ

Particle
19

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
20

يَضِلُّونَ

Verb
21

عَن

Particle
22

سَبِيلِ

Noun
23

ٱللَّهِ

Noun
24

لَهُمْ

Noun
25

عَذَابٌ

Noun
26

شَدِيدٌۢ

Adjective
27

بِمَا

Noun
28

نَسُوا۟

Verb
29

يَوْمَ

Noun
30

ٱلْحِسَابِ

Noun

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

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