Introduction to the interrogative pronouns – اِسْمُ الإِسْتِفْهِامِ
Words used at the beginning of the sentence to ask a question are called interrogative pronouns in Arabic.
What | مَاذَا / مَا |
Why | لِمَاذَا / لِمَ |
Who | مَنْ |
For who / for which | لِمَنْ |
What | ءَ |
Did | هَلْ |
When | مَتَى |
Since | مُنْذُ |
Where | أَيْنَ |
In what | فِيْمَا |
From where / how come | أَنَّى |
How | كَيْفَ |
How much | كَمْ |
When | أَيَّانَ |
Which one / whose (masc.) | أَيٌّ |
Which one / whose (fem.) | أَيَّةٌ |
Do | أَمْ |
About what | عَمَّ / عَمَّا |
From what | مِمَّ / مِمَّا |
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Examples of interrogative pronouns used in the Holy Quran
قَالُوا أَإِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ
They said, “Are you indeed Joseph?” (12:90)
قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَادَةً
Say, “What thing is greatest in testimony?” (6:19)
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise (2:214)
مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? (2:255)
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ
And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?” (20:17)
يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ
They ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. (2:215)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ
O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? (61:2)
قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ
وَانظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْمًا
This Arabic lesson is now finished. The next one will be insha’Allah about the possessive phrase in Arabic.
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