Learn Surah al-Humazah with Tajweed A Muslim learns the Qur’an to strengthen his bond with his creator from the Aqeedah aspect of it. He reforms his character with the ethical part, while the legal content of the Qur’an teaches the […]
The Qur’anic Orthography
The Qur’anic orthography refers to the spellings, signs, and symbols used in the Quran but not in normal Arabic writing. The Elements of a Typical Qur’anic Page الرَّسْمُ العُثْمَانِيُّ (the Uthmanic text/codex) : This is the consonantry text without the […]
The Arabic Parts of Speech
The Arabic parts of speech are three in number: Noun ( ٌاِسْم) Verb (ٌفِعْل) and Particle (ٌحَرْف) The pronouns, the relative pronouns, and the demonstrative pronouns are all known as ٌاِسْم in the Arabic language. A typical Arabic sentence may […]
The Relative Pronoun ”الَّذِي”
The relative Pronoun “who” is written as “الذي” in the Arabic language. This, like the demonstrative pronoun, has the feminine, the masculine, the dual and the plural forms. Here are some examples of sentences illustrating the use of the singular […]
The Etiquettes of Eating in Islam
Allaah says in Q 59 v 7:…And whatever the Messenger has given you- take; and what he has forbidden you -refrain from… The verse above is one of those that Allaah certified Prophet Muhammad for us as a role model […]
The Pronouns
Pronouns are words used instead of nouns and are used the same way in both the Arabic and the English Languages. For example, in introducing my self, I would say ” ُاِسْمِي سَوْدَة” which mean “my name is Saodat“. Then […]
Sentence Formation in the Arabic Language (2)
A subject ie a definite noun with “ال” may be preceded in a sentence by a demonstrative pronoun as I explained in this post. But while a demonstrative pronoun may not always be written before a definite noun in a sentence, […]
The Arabic Possessive Pronouns
A possessed pronoun in the Arabic language is attached to its possessor as a single word. The noun (ie the possessor) in this state becomes definite like a noun preceded by “ال” and therefore discards its tanween. When the object(كتاب) […]
Sentence Formation in the Arabic Language
An indefinite noun drops its tanween when it becomes definite, thereby making it a suitable word(subject) to begin a nominal sentence. The noun might be preceded by a demonstative noun sometimes, but it is not regarded as a sentence until […]
Demonstrative Pronouns (2)
‘This’ in the Arabic language is written as هذا(masculine) or هذه(feminine) ‘That’ on the other hand is known as ذلك (masculine) and تلك(feminine). ذللك is pronounced with an alif madd i.e ذاللك but the alif is usually omitted in writing.Examples of […]