
Introduction
A nominal sentence generally comprises two components. The subject of the sentence is called:
اَلْمُبْتَدَأُ and the predicate is called : اَلْخَبَرُ
For example:
مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولٌ
Muhammad is a messenger.
مُحَمَّدٌ is the subject – اَلْمُبْتَدَأُ and رَسُوْلٌ is the predicate اَلْخَبَرُ
Here اللَّـهُ is the subject – اَلْمُبْتَدَأُ and سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ is the predicate اَلْخَبَرُ.
The subject – اَلْمُبْتَدَأُ
The subject – اَلْمُبْتَدَأُ is:
- a proper noun – المَعْرِفَةُ
If it is not a proper noun, then the article ال will be prefixed.
For example:
اَلْقُرْآنُ كِتَابٌ
The Qur’an is a book.
In the nominative case
It will be in agreement with the predicate in terms of number and gender.
For example:
وَأَنتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
while you were wrongdoers. (2:92)
- The subject can be a word or a phrase, but it cannot be a verb or a genitive phrase.
For example:
إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّـهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ
Indeed, the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. (49:13)
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The predicate – اَلْخَبَرُ
It is always a common noun (النَكِرَةُ), The predicate is:
- It is in nominative case – مَرْفُعٌ
- The predicate generally agrees with the subject in number (singular, dual, or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine).
- When the predicate is a broken plural of non-human object – غَيْر عاقِل the predicate will be feminine singular.
For example:
فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةً بِمَا ظَلَمُوا
So those are their houses, desolate because of the wrong they had done. (27:52)
- The predicate – اَلْخَبَرُ can be a proper noun when it is not an adjective.
For example:
أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا
You are our protector (2:286)
أَنتَ is the subject – اَلْمُبْتَدَأُ and مَوْلَانَا is the predicate – اَلْخَبَرُ
قَالَ أَنَا يُوسُفُ وَهَـٰذَا أَخِي
I am Joseph, and this is my brother (12:90)
- In a nominal sentence with a predicate as a proper noun, a detached pronoun (following the subject in gender and number) is placed between the subject and the predicate.
Examples:
وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
and it is those who are successful. (2:5)
- The predicate – اَلْخَبَرُ can be a word, phrase, or a sentence. It can be a genitive phrase.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّـهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds – (1:2)
وَإِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ
And your god is one God. (2:163)
- If the predicate is a sentence, then a pronoun is used, which points towards the subject.
For example:
الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ
They who are during their prayer humbly submissive (23:2)
This Arabic lesson is now finished. The next one will be insha’Allah about the verb in the past tense in Arabic.
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