Surah An-Nisaaسُورَةُ النِّسَاءِ

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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا۟ فَتَكُونُونَ سَوَآءًۭ ۖ فَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ حَتَّىٰ يُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَخُذُوهُمْ وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ وَلِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصِيرًا
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (4:89)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَدُّوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
2لَوْ—P – particleحرف
3تَكْفُرُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
4كَمَا—P – particleحرف
5كَفَرُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
6فَتَكُونُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
7سَوَآءً—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
8فَلَا—P – particleحرف
9تَتَّخِذُوا۟—V – imperfect form 8 verbفعل مضارع
10مِنْهُمْ—P – particleحرف
11أَوْلِيَآءَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
12حَتَّىٰ—P – particleحرف
13يُهَاجِرُوا۟—V – imperfect form 3 verbفعل مضارع
14فِى—P – particleحرف
15سَبِيلِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
16ٱللَّهِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
17فَإِن—P – particleحرف
18تَوَلَّوْا۟—V – past form 5 verbفعل ماض
19فَخُذُوهُمْ—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
20وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
21حَيْثُ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
22وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
23وَلَا—P – particleحرف
24تَتَّخِذُوا۟—V – imperfect form 8 verbفعل مضارع
25مِنْهُمْ—P – particleحرف
26وَلِيًّا—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
27وَلَا—P – particleحرف
28نَصِيرًا—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب

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

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وَدُّوا۟

Verb
2

لَوْ

Particle
3

تَكْفُرُونَ

Verb
4

كَمَا

Particle
5

كَفَرُوا۟

Verb
6

فَتَكُونُونَ

Verb
7

سَوَآءً

Noun
8

فَلَا

Particle
9

تَتَّخِذُوا۟

Verb
10

مِنْهُمْ

Particle
11

أَوْلِيَآءَ

Noun
12

حَتَّىٰ

Particle
13

يُهَاجِرُوا۟

Verb
14

فِى

Particle
15

سَبِيلِ

Noun
16

ٱللَّهِ

Noun
17

فَإِن

Particle
18

تَوَلَّوْا۟

Verb
19

فَخُذُوهُمْ

Verb
20

وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْ

Verb
21

حَيْثُ

Noun
22

وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ

Verb
23

وَلَا

Particle
24

تَتَّخِذُوا۟

Verb
25

مِنْهُمْ

Particle
26

وَلِيًّا

Noun
27

وَلَا

Particle
28

نَصِيرًا

Noun

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

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