Surah Al-A'raafسُورَةُ الأَعۡرَافِ

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وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا۟ فَٰحِشَةًۭ قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
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Grammar & iʿrāb

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Marfūʿ (Nominative)Manṣūb (Accusative)Majrūr (Genitive)VerbsParticlesPronouns

Verse syntax (7:28)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَإِذَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
2فَعَلُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
3فَٰحِشَةً—N – accusative feminine nounاسم منصوب
4قَالُوا۟—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
5وَجَدْنَا—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
6عَلَيْهَآ—P – particleحرف
7ءَابَآءَنَا—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
8وَٱللَّهُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
9أَمَرَنَا—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
10بِهَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
11قُلْ—V – imperative form 1 verbفعل أمر
12إِنَّ—P – accusative particleحرف منصوب
13ٱللَّهَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
14لَا—P – particleحرف
15يَأْمُرُ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
16بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
17أَتَقُولُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع
18عَلَى—P – particleحرف
19ٱللَّهِ—N – genitive nounاسم مجرور
20مَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
21لَا—P – particleحرف
22تَعْلَمُونَ—V – imperfect form 1 verbفعل مضارع

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وَإِذَا

Noun
2

فَعَلُوا۟

Verb
3

فَٰحِشَةً

Noun
4

قَالُوا۟

Verb
5

وَجَدْنَا

Verb
6

عَلَيْهَآ

Particle
7

ءَابَآءَنَا

Noun
8

وَٱللَّهُ

Noun
9

أَمَرَنَا

Verb
10

بِهَا

Noun
11

قُلْ

Verb
12

إِنَّ

Particle
13

ٱللَّهَ

Noun
14

لَا

Particle
15

يَأْمُرُ

Verb
16

بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ

Noun
17

أَتَقُولُونَ

Verb
18

عَلَى

Particle
19

ٱللَّهِ

Noun
20

مَا

Noun
21

لَا

Particle
22

تَعْلَمُونَ

Verb

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

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