Arabic Phrases

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-02-2015

When learning a language it is smart to first learn the letters, then words, followed by phrases, and eventually sentences become easier to understand.

This thread will include, in Shaa Allah, phrases which include:

Adjective phrases
Prepositional phrases
Constructs
Relative clause phrases
Phrases beginning with 'an
Verbal Noun phrases
Active and Passive participle phrases
Phrases with superlative

Most of these phrases can act as subjects and objects of verbal sentences and subjects and predicates of nominal sentences in Arabic.

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-02-2015

Construct (المضاف والمضاف إليه)

كُتُبُ الْحَدِيثِ

The first word is Kutub which means books

The second word is Al-Hadith which means narrations of the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)

Together they form a construct (المضاف والمضاف إليه) which means:

(The) Books of Hadith (i.e. The Books containing the narrations of the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-02-2015

Prepositional Phrase

عَلَى النَّبِيِّ

On the Prophet

على

means on and is a preposition

النبي

is a noun and means the Prophet

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-10-2015

Construct (المضاف والمضاف إليه)

إِهْمَالُ التَّسْمِيَةِ

Negligence or omission of saying Bismillah (i.e. In the Name of Allah)

إِهْمَالُ this is a verbal noun which means to neglect or to omit

التَّسْمِيَةِ refers to saying Bismillah (i.e. In the Name of Allah)

Together they form a construct which refers to the act of omitting the saying of Bismillah

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-10-2015

Construct (المضاف والمضاف إليه)

تاركُ الصلاةِ

Taarik(u) Al-Salaat(i)

Taarik is an active participle and means He who leaves or abandons

Al-Salaat means prayer

Together they form a construct which means

[the one] who leaves prayer

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-10-2015

Adjectival Phrase

Ø§Ù„ØªÙ‘ÙŽØ¹Ø±ÙŠÙÙ Ø§Ù„Ù…Ø®ØªØ§Ø±Ù

Al-Ta'reef(u) Al-Mukhtaar(u)

Ø§Ù„ØªÙ‘ÙŽØ¹Ø±ÙŠÙÙ means definition, identification, characterization

Ø§Ù„Ù…Ø®ØªØ§Ø±Ù means chosen, preferred, selected

In Arabic the adjective follows the noun in contrast to to English in which the noun follows the adjective

Together they mean

The chosen definition or
The selected definition or
The preferred definition or

The chosen characterization or
The selected characterization or
The preferred characterization and so on...

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-10-2015

Prepositional Phrase

Ø¹ÙŽÙ„ÙŽÙ‰ Ø§Ù„Ø°Ù‘ÙŽØ¨ÙÙŠØ-ÙŽØ©Ù

'alaa Al-dhabeehat(i)

The preposition 'alaa means on
Al-dhabeeha means that which is slaughtered (of an animal fit for slaughtering)

The phrase means

on the animal which is slaughtered

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-10-2015

Construct + Prepositional Phrase

Now let us combine two phrases we have learned so far into one

In post 4 you learned

Ø¥ÙÙ‡Ù’Ù…ÙŽØ§Ù„Ù Ø§Ù„ØªÙ‘ÙŽØ³Ù’Ù…ÙÙŠÙŽØ ©Ù

which meant omitting or neglecting the saying of saying Bismillaah

If we combine this phrase with the one we learned above (Ø¹ÙŽÙ„ÙŽÙ‰ Ø§Ù„Ø°Ù‘ÙŽØ¨ÙÙŠØ-ÙŽØ©Ù) we get

Ø¥ÙÙ‡Ù’Ù…ÙŽØ§Ù„Ù Ø§Ù„ØªÙ‘ÙŽØ³Ù’Ù…ÙÙŠÙŽØ ©Ù Ø¹ÙŽÙ„ÙŽÙ‰ Ø§Ù„Ø°Ù‘ÙŽØ¨ÙÙŠØ-ÙŽØ©Ù

neglecting the saying of Bismillaah on the animal which is slaughtered

The prepositional phrase on the animal which is slaughtered is related to Al-Tasmiyah (saying Bismillaah)

The phrase refers to when someone is slaughtering an animal and omits the saying of Bismillaah

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-12-2015

Relative clause

Ø§Ù„Ø°ÙŠÙ† Ø£Ø³Ø§Ø¡ÙˆØ§

Ø§Ù„Ø°ÙŠÙ† This is a relative pronoun which means those who, those whom, etc. based on context

Ø£Ø³Ø§Ø¡ÙˆØ§ This is a past tense verb which means they [plural males] did evil

The phrase means

Those who did evil

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-13-2015

Construct

إدخال اليد

'idkhaal Al-Yad(i)

إدخال this is a verbal noun which means entering, to enter

اليد this is a noun which means the hand

Together when in construct the phrase means

the (act of) entering the hand (i.e. into something)

**AhmedGassama** · 11-13-2015

Masha'Allah, where are you from bro ?

**ZeeshanParvez** · 11-23-2015

Construct

دِينُ الْإِسْلَامِ

دين = Religion

الْإِسْلَامِ = Islaam

Together, in construct, they mean

[The] Religion [of] Islaam