Surah Ash-Shuraسُورَةُ الشُّورَىٰ

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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَٰٓؤُا۟ شَرَعُوا۟ لَهُم مِّنَ ٱلدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَنۢ بِهِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةُ ٱلْفَصْلِ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ
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Marfūʿ (Nominative)Manṣūb (Accusative)Majrūr (Genitive)VerbsParticlesPronouns

Verse syntax (42:21)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1أَمْ—P – particleحرف
2لَهُمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
3شُرَكَٰٓؤُا۟—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
4شَرَعُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
5لَهُم—N – nounاسم مرفوع
6مِّنَ—P – particleحرف
7ٱلدِّينِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
8مَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
9لَمْ—P – particleحرف
10يَأْذَنۢ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
11بِهِ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
12ٱللَّهُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
13وَلَوْلَا—P – particleحرف
14كَلِمَةُ—N – nominative feminine nounاسم مرفوع
15ٱلْفَصْلِ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
16لَقُضِىَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
17بَيْنَهُمْ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
18وَإِنَّ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
19ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ—N – accusative form 1 nounاسم منصوب
20لَهُمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
21عَذَابٌ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
22أَلِيمٌ—ADJ – nominative adjectiveصفة مرفوعة

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أَمْ

Particle
2

لَهُمْ

Noun
3

شُرَكَٰٓؤُا۟

Noun
4

شَرَعُوا۟

Verb
5

لَهُم

Noun
6

مِّنَ

Particle
7

ٱلدِّينِ

Noun
8

مَا

Noun
9

لَمْ

Particle
10

يَأْذَنۢ

Verb
11

بِهِ

Noun
12

ٱللَّهُ

Noun
13

وَلَوْلَا

Particle
14

كَلِمَةُ

Noun
15

ٱلْفَصْلِ

Noun
16

لَقُضِىَ

Verb
17

بَيْنَهُمْ

Noun
18

وَإِنَّ

Particle
19

ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Noun
20

لَهُمْ

Noun
21

عَذَابٌ

Noun
22

أَلِيمٌ

Adjective

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

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