Word:

‫ما‬ It occurs 1174times in

the Qur’an

Description:
The word ma plays many roles in arabic. Depending on context, ma can be used with any
type of Arabic word (ism, fi’l, or harf). It is generally used to creae a question and is oftern
translated as “what.”

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Examples:

ُ َّ َ ْ َ
What is the Inevitable Reality? ‫ما ا�اقة‬
َ ُ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ ُ َ َّ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ َ َ َّ َ ََّ َ ُ َ ُ
‫�ادِعون ا� وا�ِين آمنوا وما �دعون إِ� أنفسهم وما �شعرون‬
They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive
not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

ُ ُ ‫� َ�نْ ُه َم‬
َ‫ا� َو َما َك َسب‬ ْ َ
ٰ َ �‫َما أ‬
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

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Word:

‫َر ّب‬ It occurs 975times in the

Qur’an

Description:

The word rabb has several meanings depending on the context it is being used in.
For instance, one meaning is to be an “absolute owner” of something. So you can say
‫ا�يت‬
ِ ُّ meaning “owner of the house:. However, the main Quranic meaning for
‫رب‬
rabb means “master” or “lord”.

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Examples:
َ ‫ا� ْم ُد ِ َّ�ِ َر ّب الْ َعا�َم‬
َ ْ
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds � ِ ِ
َ ُ َّ َ ْ ُ َّ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ َّ ُ ُ َّ َ ُ ُ ْ ُ َّ َ ُّ َ َ
‫يا ��ها ا�اس ا�بدوا ر��م ا�ِي خلق�م وا�ِين مِن �بل ِ�م لعل�م �تقون‬
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before
you, that you may become righteous

ُ ُ َ ُْ
ّ ‫وذ ب َر‬
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, ِ َّ�‫ب ا‬
‫اس‬ ِ ِ ‫قل أع‬

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 ْ‫َمن‬
Word:

It occurs 824times in
the Qur’an

Description:
The word mann is made up of two letters, meem and noon. This is not to be confused with the
ْ
word ‫ مِن‬which is also made up of the same letters and means “from”. Remember the vowel
markings in Arabic are very important. ‫ َم ْن‬is translated as “who” or “whoever”.

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Examples:
َ ‫ا�َ ْو ِم ْا�خِر َو َما ُهم ب ُم ْؤ ِمن‬
�ِ
ْ َ َّ َّ َ ُ ُ َ َ
ِ َّ�‫َوم َِن ا‬
ِ ِ ِ �‫اس من �قول آمنا بِا�ِ و‬
And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allah
and the Last Day," but they are not believers.
َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ
He has succeeded who purifies it
‫قد أفلح من ز�ها‬
ُ‫اء َذ َك َره‬
َ ‫َ� َمن َش‬
So whoever wills may remember it.

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Word:

‫ِب‬ It occurs 819times in the

Qur’an

Description:

Despite it be only one letter, be, has many meanings which change depending on the
context of the sentence. It is often translated a “in” but can also mean “with” or
“because of ”.

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Examples:
ْ َّ َّ ْ
َّ ‫ح َ�ٰن‬
‫ا�رحِي ِم‬ ِ ‫�ِس ِم ا�ِ ا�ر‬
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful,
the Especially Merciful.
َ � ‫ِيف ًة ۖ قَا�ُوا َ� َ�ْ َع ُل‬
َ‫ِيها َمن ُ� ْفس ُِد �ِيها‬ َ َ
‫ل‬‫خ‬ ‫ض‬ِ ْ
‫ر‬
َْ
�‫ا‬ �
ٌ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ ُّ َ َ َ ْ
‫ِل‬
‫�ذ قال ر�ك � ِلم��كةِ إ ِ ِ� جاع‬
ِ
َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ّ َ َ َ َ ُ ّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ ُ ّ َ ُ ُِ ْ َ َ َ َ ّ ُ ْ َ َ
‫�ماء و�ن �سب ِح ِ�مدِك و�ق ِدس �ك ۖ قال إ ِ ِ� أعلم ما � �علمون‬ ِ ‫و�سفِك ا‬
And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon
the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corrup-
tion therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said,
"Indeed, I know that which you do not know."

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Word:

�‫ا‬ It occurs 742times in the

Qur’an

Description:
The word ilā means “to” or “towards”. Is ofter used indicate direction like “I am
walking to the house” or as a connector to a verb like “ I am sorry to hear that”.

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Examples:

َ ُ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َْ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َّ َ
‫نزل مِن �بل ِك و�ِا�خِرة ِ هم يوق ِنون‬
ِ ‫نزل إِ�ك وما أ‬
ِ ‫وا�ِين يؤمِنون بِما أ‬
And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what
was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].

ْ ‫ا�ر‬
َٰ‫ج‬ ُّ ‫ك‬َ ّ َ ٰ َ َّ
Indeed, to your Lord is the return. � ِ �‫إِن إِ� ر‬
ً ْ َّ ً َ َ ّ َ ٰ َ ْ
‫ض َّية‬
ِ ‫اضية �ر‬
ِ ‫كر‬
ِ ِ �‫ج ِ� إِ� ر‬
ِ ‫ار‬
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

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Word:

‫إِن‬ It occurs 694times in

the Qur’an

Description:

This unique word is used in conjuction with other words to create conditional sentences
or a negation. ْ‫ إن‬/ in is commonly translated as “not”

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Examples:
َ َ‫إ ْن أ‬
ٌ‫نت إ ِ َّ� نَذِير‬
You, [O Muhammad], are not but a warner. ِ

َ ُّ ُ َ َّ ْ ُ ْ ّ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ
‫ا� �ن هم إِ� �ظنون‬ ِ ‫ومِنهم أ ِ�ُّون � �علمون الكِتاب إِ� أم‬
And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful
thinking, but they are only assuming.
...َ ُ ُ ْ َ َّ ْ ُ ْ َّ َّ َّ َ ُ َّ َ
ۚ ‫إِن ي�بِعون إِ� الظن �ن هم إِ� �رصون‬
They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying

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Word:

‫ِإ َّال‬ It occurs 1618times in

the Qur’an

Description:

This word is to considered to from the words of exception. There are 8 of them in
total in the Arabic language and illa is the most common. “illa” is generally translated
as “except”.

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Examples:

َ َ‫إ ْن أ‬
ٌ ‫نت إ ِ َّ� نَذ‬
‫ِير‬
You, [O Muhammad], are not but a warner. ِ

َ ُّ ُ َ َّ ْ ُ ْ ّ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ
‫ا� �ن هم إِ� �ظنون‬ ِ ‫ومِنهم أ ِ�ُّون � �علمون الكِتاب إِ� أم‬
And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful
thinking, but they are only assuming.
َ ْ َ َّ ُ ْ َّ َّ َ َّ
ۚ ‫إِن يَ�ب ِ ُعون إِ� الظ َّن �ن ه ْم إِ� � ُر ُصون‬
They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying

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Word:
َْ
‫أن‬ It occurs 613times in the
Qur’an

Description:

There is a really fancy term for this word and it is called “ann masdariya”. But to keep
things simple it is used to connect parts of speech. For example, we dont say “I want
read” but rather we say “I want to read”. ān is commonly translated as “to”.

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Examples:

َ َ َ ً َ ًَ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َّ
‫� َب َمث� َّما َ� ُعوضة � َما ف ْو� َها‬
ِ ‫إِن ا� � �ستح ِ� أن ي‬
Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example that of a
mosquito or what is smaller than it.

�ٰ ْ ُ‫أَن َّرآه‬
َ ‫اس َت ْغ‬
Because he sees himself self-sufficient.

ً َ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ٰ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ َ َ ََُْ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ
‫ت ر� ِ ِهم وأحاط بِما �ي ِهم وأح� � � ٍء عددا‬ ِ �‫ِ�علم أن قد �بلغوا رِسا‬
That he may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He
has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.

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Word:

‫آ َم َن‬ It occurs 537times in the

Qur’an

Description:
This is the second most frequently used verb or fi’l in the Quran. In fact, 5 different
forms of this verb appears within the first 10 ayahs of Surah Al-Baqarah. āmana can
َ َ َ َ َ
be written like ‫ ءامن‬or ‫ آمن‬. āmana is Commonly translated as “believed”.
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Examples:
َ ‫ِيل � َ ُه ْم آم ُِنوا َك َما‬
ُ َّ�‫آم َن ا‬
‫اس‬
َ َ
� ‫�ذا‬
And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed,"

ُّ ‫اء َ� َ� إ َّ� ُه ْم ُه ُم‬

ُ‫ا�س َف َهاء‬ ُ ‫ا�س َف َه‬ َ ‫َ�نُ ْؤم ُِن َك َما‬
ُّ ‫آم َن‬
ِ
Should we believe as the foolish have believed?

ْ‫� ُ�م‬ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َٰ َ َ َ ْ
َْ‫ك‬ َ َ
‫َوش ِه َد شاه ٌِد م ِْن بَ ِ� إِ�ا�ِيل � مِثلِهِ فآمن واست‬
A witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and
believed while you were arrogant

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 َ َ
Word:

‫ذ� ِك‬ It occurs 479times in the

Qur’an

Description:
Often referred to as a pointer word, dhālika is used to point to someone or some-
thing that is far away. dhālika means “that”. Fun fact: even though there is only three
letters, this word is actually composed of three seperate words. To learn more about
types of Arabic words, take at Lesson 1 - Types of Arabic Words from our online
grammar course.

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Examples: � ِ َ ْ�‫اب َ� َر‬

َ ‫ب �ِيهِ ُه ًدى � ِلْ ُم َّتق‬ ُ ‫َ�ٰ� َِك الْك َِت‬
That is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for
those conscious of Allah
ٌ ‫� َ�ٰ� َِك � َ َشه‬
ٰ َ َ ُ َّ
‫يد‬ ِ ‫�نه‬
And indeed, he is to that a witness.

َ ِ �َ�‫ع ْا‬
‫يم‬
ُّ ُ َ َّ َ ٰ َ َ
‫ف�� ِك ا�ِي يد‬
For that is the one who drives away the orphan

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