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Stage 1 · Lesson 19

Matter, way, heart, family, hand, knowledge, saying and night

Eight common nouns of the Qur’ān, with the dual and the broken plural on them, and a noun made from a verb.

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Words of the Qur’ān known whole
53%
Parts of the Qur’ān’s words taught so far
71.5%

Counted from the Quranic Arabic Corpus: a word is known whole when every part of it has been taught. The counts say which words you have met, not how much you understand.

This lesson teaches eight nouns the Qur’ān uses often. They show again the two things lesson 9 taught, gender and number, now with the dual from lesson 13, and one more kind of noun: the noun made from a verb.

The new words

  • أَمْرAs the Qur’ān writes it: أَمْرِ · أَمْرُ · أَمْرَ

    matter, affair; command

    Root: ا م رTimes in the Qur’ān: 166

  • سَبِيلAs the Qur’ān writes it: سَبِيلِ · سَبِيلًا · سَّبِيلِ

    way, road

    Root: س ب لTimes in the Qur’ān: 176

  • قَلْبAs the Qur’ān writes it: قُلُوبِ · قُلُوبُ · قَلْبِ

    heart

    Root: ق ل بTimes in the Qur’ān: 132

  • أَهْلAs the Qur’ān writes it: أَهْلِ · أَهْلَ · أَهْلُ

    family; the people (of a place)

    Root: ا ه لTimes in the Qur’ān: 127

  • يَدAs the Qur’ān writes it: أَيْدِي · يَدَيْ · أَيْدِيَ

    hand

    Root: ي د يTimes in the Qur’ān: 120

  • عِلْمAs the Qur’ān writes it: عِلْمٍ · عِلْمِ · عِلْمُ

    knowledge

    Root: ع ل مTimes in the Qur’ān: 105

  • قَوْلAs the Qur’ān writes it: قَوْلِ · قَوْلُ · قَوْلًا

    saying, speech

    Root: ق و لTimes in the Qur’ān: 92

  • لَيْلAs the Qur’ān writes it: يْلِ · يْلَ · لَيْلًا

    night

    Root: ل ي لTimes in the Qur’ān: 84

Two hands

يَدَاهُ
Its parts
  1. يَدَاhand
  2. هُhim, his; it, its
Qur’ān 78:40

Yadāhu is yadā, "two hands", and hu, "his". The corpus marks yadā feminine dual. A dual in the nominative ends in -āni, and before a pronoun it loses its -ni: yadāni becomes yadā-.

Many hands

بِأَيْدِى
Its parts
  1. بِwith, by, in
  2. أَيْدِىhand
Qur’ān 80:15

Bi-aydī is bi and aydī, a broken plural of yad: the corpus marks it feminine plural, in the genitive.

Hearts

قُلُوبِهِم
Its parts
  1. قُلُوبِheart
  2. هِمthey (as the doer of a verb); them, their
Qur’ān 83:14

Qulūbihim is qulūb, the broken plural of qalb, "heart", and him, "their". The corpus marks qulūb feminine plural.

A noun made from a verb

Qawl, "saying", is the noun of the verb qāla, "said", from lesson 6. Grammar calls such a noun the verbal noun, maṣdar, and the corpus marks it as one.

لَقَوْلُ
Its parts
  1. لَfor, to, belonging to; so that (before a verb); surely (in some sentences)
  2. قَوْلُsaying, speech
Qur’ān 81:19

La-qawlu is la-, the lām of emphasis, and qawlu, "saying", in the nominative.

The night

ٱلَّيْلَ
Its parts
  1. ٱلَّthe
  2. يْلَnight
Qur’ān 78:10

Al-layla is al- and layl, "night". The l of al- is joined to the l of layl and written once, doubled.

In a sentence

A sentence written for practice
فِي يَدِهِ كِتَابٌ

There is a book in his hand.

This sentence was written for practice. Fī yadihi kitābun: "in his hand", fī yadihi, then "a book". The place comes first, and the thing found there after it.

Reading

The words you know whole after this lesson are marked.

أَرَءَيْتَ (known) إِن (known) كَذَّبَ (known) وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ (known)

How about the one who denies and turns away[1]?

English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20
Qur’ān 96:13
ثُمَّ (known) جَآءَهُم (known) مَّا (known) كَانُوا۟ (known) يُوعَدُونَ (known)

then there came to them what they were warned of,

English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20
Qur’ān 26:206
إِنَّمَا (known) قَوْلُنَا (known) لِشَىْءٍ (known) إِذَآ (known) أَرَدْنَـٰهُ (known) أَن (known) نَّقُولَ (known) لَهُۥ (known) كُن (known) فَيَكُونُ (known)

When We intend something, We only say to it, “Be!”, and it is.

English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center · QuranEnc.com · version 1.0.20
Qur’ān 16:40

Recall

  • What happens to the dual's -ni before a pronoun?
  • What is the broken plural of qalb?
  • What does grammar call qawl?

Answers: it is dropped, yadā-hu; qulūb; the verbal noun, the noun of qāla.

Next

The next lesson teaches the words that carry the religion, which the course leaves to the verses to give their meaning, and how they are built.