Surah Al-Maaidaسُورَةُ المَائـِدَةِ

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مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًۭا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Verse syntax (5:117)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1مَا—P – particleحرف
2قُلْتُ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
3لَهُمْ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
4إِلَّا—P – particleحرف
5مَآ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
6أَمَرْتَنِى—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
7بِهِۦٓ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
8أَنِ—P – particleحرف
9ٱعْبُدُوا۟—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
10ٱللَّهَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
11رَبِّى—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
12وَرَبَّكُمْ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
13وَكُنتُ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
14عَلَيْهِمْ—P – particleحرف
15شَهِيدًا—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
16مَّا—P – particleحرف
17دُمْتُ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
18فِيهِمْ—P – particleحرف
19فَلَمَّا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
20تَوَفَّيْتَنِى—V – past form 5 verbفعل ماض
21كُنتَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
22أَنتَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
23ٱلرَّقِيبَ—N – accusative masculine nounاسم منصوب
24عَلَيْهِمْ—P – particleحرف
25وَأَنتَ—N – nounاسم مرفوع
26عَلَىٰ—P – particleحرف
27كُلِّ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
28شَىْءٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
29شَهِيدٌ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع

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

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مَا

Particle
2

قُلْتُ

Verb
3

لَهُمْ

Noun
4

إِلَّا

Particle
5

مَآ

Noun
6

أَمَرْتَنِى

Verb
7

بِهِۦٓ

Noun
8

أَنِ

Particle
9

ٱعْبُدُوا۟

Verb
10

ٱللَّهَ

Noun
11

رَبِّى

Noun
12

وَرَبَّكُمْ

Noun
13

وَكُنتُ

Verb
14

عَلَيْهِمْ

Particle
15

شَهِيدًا

Noun
16

مَّا

Particle
17

دُمْتُ

Verb
18

فِيهِمْ

Particle
19

فَلَمَّا

Noun
20

تَوَفَّيْتَنِى

Verb
21

كُنتَ

Verb
22

أَنتَ

Noun
23

ٱلرَّقِيبَ

Noun
24

عَلَيْهِمْ

Particle
25

وَأَنتَ

Noun
26

عَلَىٰ

Particle
27

كُلِّ

Noun
28

شَىْءٍ

Noun
29

شَهِيدٌ

Noun

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

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