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    Verbs with More Than One Maf’ool

    Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

    All verbs in Arabic are transitive or intransitive. They take no maf’ool (recipient) of the verb, such as thahaba and kharaja, or they take one recipient, such as shariba and akala. But can a verb take TWO or more maf’ool bihi? The answer is … yes. We give an example from the Qur’an.

    Surah Tiyn, Verse 8

    Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

    Grammatical dissection of the last ayah of Surah Tiyn: أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ (”Is Allah not the best of judges?”)

    Suratul Hajj, Verse 1

    Saturday, August 11th, 2007

    A grammatical analysis of the first verse of Suratul Hajj: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ

    Sound Feminine Plurals Take Kasra When Mansoob

    Saturday, July 21st, 2007

    The sound feminine plural pattern takes kasra when it’s mansoob (not fatha, as you’d expect). For example, khalaqa Allahu samawaaTI, not samawaaTA. When a sound feminine plural pattern takes kasra, you need to think to determine if it’s majruwr or mansoob.