Quranic Grammar

Lesson 3 · Analyzing Ayat al-Kursi

  • ٱلْعَظِيمِ al-ʿaẓīmi great, mighty, tremendous analyze ×19
  • عِندَهُۥ ʿindahu at, with, near, in the presence of analyze ×13
  • ذَا dhā possessor of, one with (genitive) analyze ×11
  • بِإِذْنِهِۦ biʾidhnihi permission, leave, authority analyze ×8
  • وَٰسِعٌ wāsiʿun all-encompassing, vast, boundless analyze ×7
  • بِشَىْءٍ bishāʾin thing, something, anything analyze ×6
  • ٱلْحَىِّ al-ḥāḥi living, alive analyze ×5
  • سَنَةٍ sanatin year analyze ×5
  • ٱلْعَلِىُّ al-ʿalilu Most High, exalted, sublime analyze ×5
  • ٱلْقَيُّومُ al-qayyūmu self-subsisting, ever-sustaining analyze ×2

Lesson 5 · Analyzing Surah Al-Falaq & An-Nas

  • ٱلْجَنَّةِ al-jannati Garden, Paradise analyze ×26
  • شَرٌّ sharrun evil, harm, wickedness analyze ×6
  • وَٱلنَّاسِ walnnāsi people, mankind, humans analyze ×5
  • غَاسِقٍ ghāsiqin darkness, deep night analyze ×1
  • وَقَبَ waqaba to enter into, penetrate analyze ×1
  • ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ an-naffāthāti those who blow on knots analyze ×1
  • ٱلْعُقَدِ al-ʿuqadi knot, tie, marriage bond analyze ×1
  • حَاسِدٍ ḥāsidin envier, one who envies analyze ×1
  • حَسَدَ ḥasada to envy, be jealous analyze ×1
  • ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ al-waswāsi whisperer, evil prompter analyze ×1

Lesson 6 · Grammar Patterns in Juz 'Amma

  • وَٱلْقَمَرَ walqamara moon analyze ×13
  • وَٱلنَّهَارِ walnnahāri day, daytime analyze ×13
  • ٱلْجِبَالُ al-jibālu mountain analyze ×11
  • أَيُّهَا ayyuhā O you, O (vocative address particle) analyze ×7
  • وَٱلسَّمَآءَ walssamāʾa sky, heaven, heavens analyze ×4
  • يَغْشَىٰ yaghshā to cover, overwhelm, overcome analyze ×3
  • وَٱلزَّيْتُونَ walzzaytūna olive, olive tree analyze ×3
  • ٱلنُّجُومِ an-nujūmi star, stars analyze ×3
  • سُيِّرَتْ suyyirat to set in motion, cause to travel analyze ×2
  • وَٱلتِّينِ walttīni fig analyze ×1

Lesson 7 · Du'a Patterns in the Quran

  • عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun punishment, torment, chastisement analyze ×77
  • ٱلنَّارِ an-nāri fire, hellfire analyze ×70
  • إِنَّكَ innaka indeed, verily (emphasis particle) analyze ×49
  • لِى li for me, to me (1st sing) analyze ×42
  • ٱلدُّنْيَا ad-dunyā worldly, of the present life analyze ×40
  • أُمَّةٍ ummatin community, nation; also a period of time analyze ×23
  • ٱلْعَلِيمُ al-ʿalīmu all-knowing, fully aware analyze ×22
  • وَفِى wafi in, within, among analyze ×21
  • ذِى dhi possessor of, endowed with, one who has analyze ×12
  • ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ al-khāsirīna losers, those who suffer loss analyze ×10

Lesson 8 · Oath Formulas in the Quran

  • أَرْسَلْنَا arsalnā to send, dispatch analyze ×41
  • وَقَدْ waqad indeed, already (certainty or completion particle) analyze ×25
  • أَحْسَنُ aḥsanu best, most beautiful, finest analyze ×15
  • وَهَٰذَا wahādhā this, this one (demonstrative, near) analyze ×11
  • ذَاتِ dhāti possessor of, endowed with, one who has analyze ×8
  • تَٱللَّهِ tallahi Allah, God analyze ×8
  • أُمَمٍ umamin community, nation; also a period of time analyze ×6
  • ٱلْبِلَٰدِ al-bilādi town, land, country analyze ×5
  • أَفْلَحَ aflaḥa to succeed, prosper, be saved analyze ×4
  • جَمْعًا jamʿan gathering, assembly, group analyze ×3

Lesson 9 · Story Narratives: Prophet Ibrahim

  • بَلْ bal nay, rather, but analyze ×93
  • كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika that, that one (demonstrative, distant) analyze ×83
  • عَدُوٌّ ʿaduwwun enemy, adversary, foe analyze ×19
  • تَدْعُونَ tadʿūna to call, invoke, pray to analyze ×16
  • فَهُوَ fahuwa so he, then it (3MS) analyze ×14
  • يَفْعَلُونَ yafʿalūna to do, act, perform analyze ×13
  • مَاذَا mādhā what, what thing analyze ×12
  • ءَالِهَةً ālihatan god, deity, divinity analyze ×12
  • وَٱلَّذِى walladhi who, which, that (relative pronoun) analyze ×10
  • وَجَدْنَا wajadnā to find, encounter analyze ×8

Lesson 10 · Story Narratives: Prophet Musa

  • أَمْ am or (disjunctive in questions) analyze ×103
  • فِرْعَوْنَ firʿawna Pharaoh analyze ×28
  • أَهْلِ ahli people, family, folk analyze ×23
  • نَارًا nāran fire, hellfire analyze ×19
  • أُخْرَىٰ ukhrā other, another analyze ×8
  • ٱلسَّحَرَةُ as-saḥaratu sorcerer, magician analyze ×7
  • وَأَوْحَيْنَآ waʾawḥaynā to reveal, inspire, send revelation analyze ×7
  • وَقَالَتِ waqālati to say, speak analyze ×7
  • سُجَّدًا sujjadan prostrating, one who prostrates analyze ×6
  • حَدِيثُ ḥadīthu speech, account, narrative, story analyze ×5

Lesson 11 · Dialogue Patterns in the Quran

  • وَقَالَ waqāla to say, speak analyze ×81
  • يَوْمَئِذٍ yawmaʾidhin on that day, that very day analyze ×59
  • رَبِّى rabbi lord, master, sustainer analyze ×50
  • وَقَالُوا۟ waqālūā to say, speak analyze ×41
  • يَقُولُ yaqūlu to say, speak analyze ×35
  • قَالَتْ qālat to say, speak analyze ×23
  • أَوْلِيَآءَ awliyāʾa guardian, protector, ally, friend analyze ×23
  • وَرَسُولَهُۥ warasūlahu messenger, envoy analyze ×23
  • يَٰقَوْمِ yāqawmi people, nation, folk analyze ×19
  • ٱلرَّسُولَ ar-rasūla messenger, envoy analyze ×17

Lesson 12 · Parallelism & Repetition

  • فَهَلْ fahal is it, do, does (yes-no question marker) analyze ×22
  • وَيْلٌ waylun woe, doom, destruction analyze ×14
  • لِّلْمُكَذِّبِينَ llilmukadhdhibīna deniers, those who reject analyze ×12
  • مُّدَّكِرٍ mmuddakirin one who takes heed, rememberer analyze ×6
  • نَّارٍ nnārin fire, hellfire analyze ×5
  • صَلْصَٰلٍ ṣalṣālin dry clay, sounding clay analyze ×4
  • وَخَلَقَ wakhalaqa to create analyze ×4
  • يَسَّرْنَا yassarnā to make easy, facilitate analyze ×4
  • لِلذِّكْرِ lildhdhikri remembrance, mention, reminder analyze ×4
  • نَجْعَل najʿal to make, place, set analyze ×3

Lesson 13 · Rhetorical Questions in the Quran

  • كَيْفَ kayfa how, in what manner analyze ×59
  • أَلَيْسَ alaysa to not be analyze ×13
  • جَزَآءُ jazāʾu recompense, reward, punishment analyze ×11
  • تَكْفُرُونَ takfurūna to disbelieve, reject faith analyze ×11
  • مَوْتِهَا mawtihā death, dying analyze ×8
  • وَكُنتُمْ wakuntum to be, exist analyze ×6
  • ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ al-ḥākimīna those who judge, rulers analyze ×5
  • خَلَقُوا۟ khalaqūā to create analyze ×4
  • يَخْسِفَ yakhsifa to cause to sink, swallow into the earth analyze ×3
  • تَمُورُ tamūru to sway violently, be in turmoil analyze ×2

Lesson 14 · Word Order & Emphasis in the Quran

  • عِبَادِهِۦ ʿibādihi servant, slave, worshipper analyze ×17
  • مَّرَضٌ mmaraḍun disease, sickness, spiritual illness analyze ×11
  • فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ falyatawakkali to put trust in, rely upon analyze ×8
  • يَخْشَىٰ yakhshā to fear, be in awe of analyze ×4
  • فَزَادَهُمُ fazādahumu to increase, add to analyze ×1
  • مَرَضًا maraḍan disease, sickness, spiritual illness analyze ×1

Lesson 15 · Comprehensive Review: Nahw Synthesis

  • حَيْثُ ḥaythu wherever, where analyze ×16
  • بِأَنفُسِهِمْ biʾanfusihim soul, self, person analyze ×5
  • قُتِلُوا۟ qutilūā to kill, slay analyze ×4
  • يَتَّقِ yattaqi to fear, be mindful of God analyze ×4
  • يَجْعَلَ yajʿala to make, place, set analyze ×4
  • بِقَوْمٍ biqawmin people, nation, folk analyze ×3
  • تَحْسَبَنَّ taḥsabanna to think, reckon analyze ×3
  • ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ al-mutawakkilūna those who trust in Allah analyze ×3
  • يُغَيِّرُوا۟ yughayyirūā to change, alter analyze ×2
  • أَحْيَآءٌ aḥyāʾun living, alive analyze ×2

Lesson 16 · Comprehensive Review: Sarf Synthesis

  • وَٱلْإِنسِ walʾinsi humans, mankind (as opposed to jinn) analyze ×8
  • ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ astaghfirūā to seek forgiveness, ask pardon analyze ×3
  • خَلَقْتُ khalaqtu to create analyze ×3
  • لَأَغْلِبَنَّ laʾaghlibanna to overcome, defeat, prevail analyze ×1
  • وَرُسُلِى warusuli messenger, envoy analyze ×1
  • غَفَّارًا ghaffāran ever-forgiving, most forgiving analyze ×1
  • لِيَعْبُدُونِ liyaʿbudūni to worship, serve analyze ×1
  • ٱشْرَحْ ashraḥ to expand, open wide analyze ×1
  • صَدْرِى ṣadri chest, breast, heart analyze ×1

Lesson 17 · Capstone: Cold Read — Luqman's Counsel

  • تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna to do, work, act analyze ×83
  • وَإِذْ waʾidh when, at the time that (past temporal) analyze ×49
  • عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun great, mighty, tremendous analyze ×29
  • فَإِنَّمَا faʾinnamā indeed, verily (emphasis particle) analyze ×23
  • ٱلْمَصِيرُ al-maṣīru destination, final return, end analyze ×23
  • بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bilmaʿrūfi kindness, good conduct, honorable custom analyze ×20
  • وَإِنَّهُۥ waʾinnahu indeed, verily (emphasis particle) analyze ×20
  • كَفَرَ kafara to disbelieve, reject faith analyze ×18
  • إِنَّهَا innahā indeed, verily (emphasis particle) analyze ×14
  • يَٰبَنِىٓ yābani my son, dear son (diminutive of affection) analyze ×10