Surah An-Nisaaسُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ

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وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًۢا
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (4:157)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَقَوْلِهِمْ—N – genitive masculine form 1 nounاسم مجرور
2إِنَّا—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
3قَتَلْنَا—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
4ٱلْمَسِيحَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
5عِيسَى—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
6ٱبْنَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
7مَرْيَمَ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
8رَسُولَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
9ٱللَّهِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
10وَمَا—P – particleحرف
11قَتَلُوهُ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
12وَمَا—P – particleحرف
13صَلَبُوهُ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
14وَلَٰكِن—P – particleحرف
15شُبِّهَ—V – past form 2 verbفعل ماض
16لَهُمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
17وَإِنَّ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
18ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
19ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟—V – past form 8 verbفعل ماض
20فِيهِ—P – particleحرف
21لَفِى—P – particleحرف
22شَكٍّ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
23مِّنْهُ—P – particleحرف
24مَا—P – particleحرف
25لَهُم—N – nounاسم مرفوع
26بِهِۦ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
27مِنْ—P – particleحرف
28عِلْمٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
29إِلَّا—P – particleحرف
30ٱتِّبَاعَ—N – accusative masculine form 8 nounاسم منصوب
31ٱلظَّنِّ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
32وَمَا—P – particleحرف
33قَتَلُوهُ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
34يَقِينًۢا—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب

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

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1

وَقَوْلِهِمْ

Noun
2

إِنَّا

Particle
3

قَتَلْنَا

Verb
4

ٱلْمَسِيحَ

Noun
5

عِيسَى

Noun
6

ٱبْنَ

Noun
7

مَرْيَمَ

Noun
8

رَسُولَ

Noun
9

ٱللَّهِ

Noun
10

وَمَا

Particle
11

قَتَلُوهُ

Verb
12

وَمَا

Particle
13

صَلَبُوهُ

Verb
14

وَلَٰكِن

Particle
15

شُبِّهَ

Verb
16

لَهُمْ

Noun
17

وَإِنَّ

Particle
18

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
19

ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟

Verb
20

فِيهِ

Particle
21

لَفِى

Particle
22

شَكٍّ

Noun
23

مِّنْهُ

Particle
24

مَا

Particle
25

لَهُم

Noun
26

بِهِۦ

Noun
27

مِنْ

Particle
28

عِلْمٍ

Noun
29

إِلَّا

Particle
30

ٱتِّبَاعَ

Noun
31

ٱلظَّنِّ

Noun
32

وَمَا

Particle
33

قَتَلُوهُ

Verb
34

يَقِينًۢا

Noun

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

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