Surah An-Nisaaسُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ

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أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ ٱلنَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةًۭ ۚ وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْقِتَالَ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ ۗ قُلْ مَتَٰعُ ٱلدُّنْيَا قَلِيلٌۭ وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لِّمَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا
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Verse syntax (4:77)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1أَلَمْ—P – particleحرف
2تَرَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
3إِلَى—P – particleحرف
4ٱلَّذِينَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
5قِيلَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
6لَهُمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
7كُفُّوٓا۟—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
8أَيْدِيَكُمْ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
9وَأَقِيمُوا۟—V – imperative form 4 verbفعل أمر
10ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ—N – accusative feminine nounاسم منصوب
11وَءَاتُوا۟—V – imperative form 4 verbفعل أمر
12ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ—N – accusative feminine nounاسم منصوب
13فَلَمَّا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
14كُتِبَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
15عَلَيْهِمُ—P – particleحرف
16ٱلْقِتَالُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
17إِذَا—P – particleحرف
18فَرِيقٌ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
19مِّنْهُمْ—P – particleحرف
20يَخْشَوْنَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
21ٱلنَّاسَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
22كَخَشْيَةِ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
23ٱللَّهِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
24أَوْ—P – particleحرف
25أَشَدَّ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
26خَشْيَةً—N – accusative feminine nounاسم منصوب
27وَقَالُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
28رَبَّنَا—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
29لِمَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
30كَتَبْتَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
31عَلَيْنَا—P – particleحرف
32ٱلْقِتَالَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
33لَوْلَآ—P – particleحرف
34أَخَّرْتَنَآ—V – past form 2 verbفعل ماض
35إِلَىٰٓ—P – particleحرف
36أَجَلٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
37قَرِيبٍ—ADJ – genitive adjectiveصفة مجرورة
38قُلْ—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
39مَتَٰعُ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
40ٱلدُّنْيَا—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
41قَلِيلٌ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
42وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
43خَيْرٌ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
44لِّمَنِ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
45ٱتَّقَىٰ—V – past form 8 verbفعل ماض
46وَلَا—P – particleحرف
47تُظْلَمُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
48فَتِيلًا—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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أَلَمْ

Particle
2

تَرَ

Verb
3

إِلَى

Particle
4

ٱلَّذِينَ

Noun
5

قِيلَ

Verb
6

لَهُمْ

Noun
7

كُفُّوٓا۟

Verb
8

أَيْدِيَكُمْ

Noun
9

وَأَقِيمُوا۟

Verb
10

ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ

Noun
11

وَءَاتُوا۟

Verb
12

ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ

Noun
13

فَلَمَّا

Noun
14

كُتِبَ

Verb
15

عَلَيْهِمُ

Particle
16

ٱلْقِتَالُ

Noun
17

إِذَا

Particle
18

فَرِيقٌ

Noun
19

مِّنْهُمْ

Particle
20

يَخْشَوْنَ

Verb
21

ٱلنَّاسَ

Noun
22

كَخَشْيَةِ

Noun
23

ٱللَّهِ

Noun
24

أَوْ

Particle
25

أَشَدَّ

Noun
26

خَشْيَةً

Noun
27

وَقَالُوا۟

Verb
28

رَبَّنَا

Noun
29

لِمَ

Noun
30

كَتَبْتَ

Verb
31

عَلَيْنَا

Particle
32

ٱلْقِتَالَ

Noun
33

لَوْلَآ

Particle
34

أَخَّرْتَنَآ

Verb
35

إِلَىٰٓ

Particle
36

أَجَلٍ

Noun
37

قَرِيبٍ

Adjective
38

قُلْ

Verb
39

مَتَٰعُ

Noun
40

ٱلدُّنْيَا

Noun
41

قَلِيلٌ

Noun
42

وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ

Noun
43

خَيْرٌ

Noun
44

لِّمَنِ

Noun
45

ٱتَّقَىٰ

Verb
46

وَلَا

Particle
47

تُظْلَمُونَ

Verb
48

فَتِيلًا

Noun

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

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