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Al-Baqarah · 2:25

And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.

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Grammar, phrase by phrase

وَبَشِّرِ

(And give good tidings)

Root بشر — to give good news, human being · 123 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

وَبَشِّرِword 1

Resumptive Particle · حرف استئنافA resumptive particle is a وَ or فَ that begins a fresh statement after a pause or a shift of topic — it starts the speech anew rather than adding one more item to a list. The prefix وَ · 'and' at the front of وَبَشِّرِ opens such a fresh start. L14 · R1

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. بَشِّرِ is a command: 'And give good news', from the root بشر: to give good news, human being. L1 · R7

Imperative Verb · فعل أمرAn imperative verb is a direct command addressed to 'you'. بَشِّرِ commands one person — 'give good news!' — built from the present-tense form with its opening تَـ removed. L10 · R1

Form II Verb · فَعَّلَA Form II verb doubles its middle root letter, shown by the shaddah ـّ — a small w-shaped mark meaning the letter is said twice. In بَشِّرِ that shaddah sits on the ش, the middle letter of the root بشر, marking it as Form II. L12 · R1

Significance — from the tafsir

After mentioning the torment prepared for those who disbelieve, Allah mentions the condition of His happy, loyal friends who believe and do good deeds.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:25

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟

(…to those who believe)

Root امن — to believe, faith, security, trust · 879 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

ٱلَّذِينَword 2

Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word like 'who' or 'which' that hooks a whole describing sentence onto whoever or whatever it points to. ٱلَّذِينَ · '(to) those who' is the masculine plural form — 'those who' — used when it points to a group of people. Its shape is fixed: this word never changes its ending to show its job in the sentence. L5 · R13

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the one the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, usually shown by a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter. The good news of بَشِّرِ is given to ٱلَّذِينَ, 'those who…'; this word keeps one fixed written shape, so no fathah appears on it — the object role is carried by its place in the sentence. L9 · R3

ءَامَنُوا۟word 3

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. ءَامَنُ speaks of an action already carried out: 'believe', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On ءَامَنُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, telling exactly who is meant: 'believe', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L8 · R2

Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has the hamza ء as one of its root letters. The root of ءَامَنُوا۟ is امن, whose first letter is that hamza; here it fuses into the long-vowel opening ءَا, which can disguise the root. L24 · R11

Form IV Verb · أَفْعَلَA Form IV verb is a verb stamped into the pattern that adds a hamza to the front of its three root letters — the way سَلِمَ 'was safe' becomes أَسْلَمَ 'submitted' — often giving the sense of making or causing the action. ءَامَنُ carries that added hamza at its front: 'believe', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L12 · R5

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. وا۟ · 'them/their' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — ءَامَنُوا۟ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, so it stands in the nominative — the doer's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ on ءَامَنُوا۟ is that doer, 'they'; on this attached pronoun the shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears, but the role it fills is the nominative one. L9 · R4

وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ

(…and do righteous deeds)

Root عمل — to work, do, perform, act, construct · 360 times in the Quran

Root صلح — to be good, right, sound; to act rightly; to amend, reform; to reconcile · 180 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

وَعَمِلُوا۟word 4

Conjunction · حرف عطفThe prefix وَ at the front of وَعَمِلُوا۟ is a conjunction — a small joining word meaning 'and' — linking what follows to what came before; the word it joins in must stand in the same grammatical case as its partner before the joint — the same role in the sentence, even when the two words write that case with different endings. L4 · R4

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. عَمِلُ speaks of an action already carried out: 'and do', from the root عمل: to work, do, perform, act, construct. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On وَعَمِلُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, telling exactly who is meant: 'and do', from the root عمل: to work, do, perform, act, construct. L8 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. وا۟ · 'them/their' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — وَعَمِلُوا۟ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, so it stands in the nominative — the doer's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ on عَمِلُوا۟ is that doer, 'they'; on this attached pronoun the shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears, but the role it fills is the nominative one. L9 · R4

ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِword 5

Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ٱل at the front of a noun (a naming word); it means 'the' — one specific, known one. Because the next letter, ص, is one of the fourteen 'sun-letters' — letters made in the same part of the mouth as ل itself, which swallow the ل of ٱل so it is written but not heard — the ل of the prefix melts into it and doubles it, shown by the shaddah ـّ — a small w-shaped doubling mark written above the letter: ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ. L2 · R9

Noun · اسمA word that accepts the prefix ٱل ('the') is a noun — a naming word. This word carries that prefix and names things: 'the righteous deeds', from the root صلح, to be good, right, sound. L1 · R1

Feminine Noun · اسم مؤنثA feminine noun is a naming word Arabic treats as grammatically 'she'. صَّٰلِحَٰتِ closes with the sound feminine plural ending ـَات — the ending Arabic adds to name three or more of something feminine — and that plural ending marks the word as feminine: '[the] righteous deeds'. L2 · R6

Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more. The sound feminine plural — the plural of a feminine naming word — is made by adding the ending ـَات, and ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ carries exactly that ending: the many righteous deeds. L2 · R6

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending a naming word takes when the action lands on it, usually shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the last letter. But the sound feminine plural refuses that fathah: its accusative is shown instead by a kasrah ـِ — a small stroke below the last letter — on its ـَات ending, exactly what ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ shows. L2 · R7

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the thing the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form; for this feminine plural that form shows as a kasrah ـِ (a small stroke below the last letter) rather than the usual fathah ـَ. The doing of عَمِلُوا۟ lands on ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ: the deeds they do. L9 · R3

Active Participle · اسم فاعلAn active participle is a naming word built from a verb's root on the pattern فَاعِل to name the doer or holder of the action. From the root صلح (to be good, right), this word is built on that pattern — deeds that are themselves right and sound. L11 · R1

So far: “And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds”

أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍۢ

(…that they will have gardens [in Paradise])

Root جنن — to cover, conceal; garden, paradise; jinn (hidden beings) · 201 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

أَنَّword 6

Accusative Particle (إنّ) · حرف مشبه بالفعلThe particles حرف مشبه بالفعل are a family of six — إِنَّ, أَنَّ, and their sisters, each carrying the doubling shaddah ـّ, a small w-shaped mark — that sit before a topic-plus-comment sentence and push the topic into the accusative, the fathah ـَ form, while the comment stays as it was. أَنَّ means 'that', introducing the content of the good news: 'that they will have gardens'. L15 · R1

لَهُمْword 7

Preposition · حرف جرThe small prefix لَ at the front of لَهُمْ is a preposition — a little helper word meaning 'to/for' that relates one thing to another. A preposition 'pulls' the word that follows it into the genitive relationship — the 'of / in / with' role a word plays after such a little helper — though not every word shows that role with the same visible ending. L4 · R1

Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA detached pronoun is a standalone word for 'they', 'you', 'I', and the like. هُمْ is 'them' here, joined after the preposition لَ to say 'for them'. L3 · R2

جَنَّـٰتٍۢword 8

Noun · اسمA word that accepts tanwīn — the doubled end-vowel marks ـٌ ـً ـٍ — is a noun, a naming word. جَنَّـٰتٍۢ ends in the doubled kasrah ـٍ and names things: gardens, from the root جنن, to cover, conceal; garden, paradise. L1 · R2

Feminine Noun · اسم مؤنثA feminine noun is a naming word Arabic treats as grammatically 'she'. جَنَّٰتٍ closes with the sound feminine plural ending ـَات — the ending Arabic adds to name three or more of something feminine — and that plural ending marks the word as feminine: '(will be) Gardens'. L2 · R6

Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more. The sound feminine plural — the plural of a feminine naming word — adds the ending ـَات, and جَنَّـٰتٍۢ carries that ending: not one garden but many. L2 · R6

Indefinite Noun · نكرةAn indefinite noun means 'a' or 'any' one of something — no particular one — and it never wears the definite article ال ('the'); instead it shows this with tanwīn, a doubled end-vowel mark. جَنَّٰتٍ carries the tanwīn ـٍ — the kasrah ـِ doubled — marking it as unspecified: '(will be) Gardens'. L2 · R8

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is usually shown by a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter — but the sound feminine plural shows it instead with the kasrah-sounding ending ـَاتٍ. جَنَّـٰتٍۢ is the topic that أَنَّ before it pushes into the accusative, and it wears that plural's accusative dress: the doubled kasrah ـٍ. L2 · R7

تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖ

(…beneath which rivers flow.)

Root جري — to flow, to run, be current · 64 times in the Quran

Root تحت — beneath · 51 times in the Quran

Root نهر — to flow, river; day · 113 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

تَجْرِىword 9

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. تَجْرِى is an action unfolding now: 'flow', from the root جري: to flow, to run, be current. L1 · R7

Present Tense Verb · فعل مضارعA present-tense verb describes an action happening now or still to come, and it is recognized by its opening letter — one of the four present-tense prefixes أ ن ي ت. تَجْرِى opens with exactly such a letter: 'flow', from the root جري: to flow, to run, be current. L8 · R3

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb is a verb that carries و or ي — the 'weak' letters, which love to soften into long vowels or vanish — among its root letters. The root of تَجْرِى is جري: to flow, to run, be current — and its last letter is the weak ي, so the weakness sits at the very end of the root. L24 · R7

مِنword 10

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. مِن · 'from/of' is such a helper. L1 · R9

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. مِن · 'from/of' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2

تَحْتِهَاword 11

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. تَحْتِ names such a thing: 'under them', from the root تحت: beneath. L1 · R6

Genitive · مجرورThe genitive is the ending a noun (a naming word) takes after a preposition — a little word like 'in' or 'to' — and it is marked by a kasrah ـِ, a small slanted stroke written below the letter. تَحْتِ stands right after such a little word and carries exactly that kasrah ـِ on its own final letter — tucked inside تَحْتِهَا, just before the small piece fastened to the word's end. L2 · R12

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'its/her/their' glued onto the end of another word. The ending هَا on تَحْتِهَا stands for 'them' — the gardens: 'beneath them'. L3 · R6

Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهA possessive (iḍāfah) chains an owner onto the thing owned, and the owner carries the genitive — the owner's ending, usually shown by a kasrah ـِ, a small slanted stroke below the last letter. The ending هَا 'their' is that owner glued onto تَحْتِ: the underside belongs to the gardens. A pronoun like هَا keeps its fixed written shape, so no kasrah appears on it — the genitive is the role its owner slot carries. L5 · R5

ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۖword 12

Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ٱلْ at the front of a noun (a naming word); it means 'the' — one specific, known one. The letter after it is a 'moon' letter — a letter not made in the same part of the mouth as ل — so the ل of the prefix keeps its own sound, both written and heard, resting with the sukūn ـْ (a small circle written above the letter): ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ. L2 · R9

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. أَنْهَٰرُ names such a thing: 'the rivers', from the root نهر: to flow, river; day. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more — made either by adding an ending or by reshaping the word from the inside, which is called a broken plural. أَنْهَٰر is such a broken plural: the singular نَهَر (river) is reshaped from within rather than given a plural ending. L2 · R6

Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the ending a naming word takes as the subject of its sentence, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ends in that ḍammah ـُ: the rivers are the ones doing the flowing. L2 · R10

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action of a verb, and it always takes the nominative — the doer's form, shown here by the ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ carries that ḍammah and is the doer of تَجْرِى: the rivers flow. L9 · R2

Significance — from the tafsir

Paradise has rivers that run beneath it — meaning underneath its trees and rooms; it is related that the rivers of Paradise spring from beneath hills or mountains of musk.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:25

So far: “And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow.”

كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا۟

(Whenever they are provided)

Root كلل — entirely, totally, all, everyone, each one, whole · 377 times in the Quran

Root رزق — to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow · 123 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

كُلَّمَاword 13

Time Adverb · ظرف زمانA time adverb is a naming word of time that anchors a sentence to when its action happens; such time words stand in the accusative — the fathah ـَ form, the small slanted stroke seen above the ل of كُلَّ. كُلَّمَا means 'every time': every time they are given provision, they say this. L16 · R10

رُزِقُوا۟word 14

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. رُزِقُ speaks of an action already carried out: 'they are provided', from the root رزق: to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On رُزِقُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, telling exactly who is meant: 'they are provided', from the root رزق: to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow. L8 · R2

Passive Voice · المبني للمجهولA passive voice verb leaves the doer unnamed by reshaping its inner vowels: the past pattern opens with a ḍammah ـُ (a small curl above the first letter) followed by a kasrah ـِ (a small stroke below the next root letter). رُزِقُوا۟ shows exactly that ḍammah-then-kasrah opening: 'they are provided' — the provider is not named. L11 · R4

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. The ending وا۟ on رُزِقُوا۟ is such a suffix, standing for 'they' — those given provision. L3 · R6

Passive Subject · نائب فاعلThe passive subject is the one the action happened to, lifted into the subject spot of a passive verb and carrying the nominative — the subject's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ on رُزِقُوا۟ names those who receive the provision; a pronoun's written shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. Who provides is left unnamed. L11 · R5

مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍۢ رِّزْقًۭا ۙ

(…with a provision of fruit therefrom,)

Root ثمر — fruit, to bear fruit · 24 times in the Quran

Root رزق — to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow · 123 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

مِنْهَاword 15

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. مِنْ · 'from/of' is such a helper. L1 · R9

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. مِنْ · 'from/of' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'me / us / them' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. هَا · 'her/her' hangs on the little relation-word in مِنْهَا, governed by the word it is fastened to. L3 · R6

مِنword 16

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. مِن · 'from/of' is such a helper. L1 · R9

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. مِن · 'from/of' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2

ثَمَرَةٍۢword 17

Noun · اسمA word ending with the letter ة (tā marbūṭah) is a noun — a naming word. ثَمَرَةٍۢ ends in that ة and names a thing: fruit, from the root ثمر, fruit, to bear fruit. L1 · R3

Feminine Noun · اسم مؤنثA feminine noun is a naming word Arabic treats as grammatically 'she', most often marked by a ة — the round 'tied tā' — at its end. ثَمَرَةٍ carries exactly that round ة at its end, so it is treated as feminine: 'fruit'. L2 · R1

Indefinite Noun · نكرةAn indefinite noun means 'a' or 'any' one of something — no particular one — and it never wears the definite article ال ('the'); instead it shows this with tanwīn, a doubled end-vowel mark. ثَمَرَةٍ carries the tanwīn ـٍ — the kasrah ـِ doubled — marking it as unspecified: 'fruit'. L2 · R8

Genitive · مجرورThe genitive is the ending a naming word takes after a preposition, shown here by the doubled kasrah ـٍ — the tanwīn kasrah below the last letter. ثَمَرَةٍۢ carries it because the preposition مِن 'of' stands before it. L2 · R12

رِّزْقًۭا ۙword 18

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. رِّزْقًا names such a thing: '(as) provision', from the root رزق: to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. رِّزْقًۭا carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Indefinite Noun · نكرةAn indefinite noun means 'a' or 'any' one of something — no particular one — and it never wears the definite article ال ('the'); instead it shows this with tanwīn, a doubled end-vowel mark. رِّزْقًا carries the tanwīn ـً — the fathah ـَ doubled — marking it as unspecified: '(as) provision'. L2 · R8

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the last letter — doubled to tanwīn ـً when the word is indefinite. رِّزْقًۭا ends in that doubled fathah ـً. L2 · R11

Cognate Accusative · المفعول المطلقA cognate accusative is the verb's own action-noun repeated after it, in the accusative — the fathah ـَ form — to press home the action. رِّزْقًۭا 'a provision' comes from the same root رزق as the verb رُزِقُوا۟ 'they are provided': provided a real providing. L21 · R9

قَالُوا۟

(…they will say,)

Root قول — to say, speak, tell · 1,722 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

قَالُوا۟word 19

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. قَالُ speaks of an action already carried out: 'they (will) say', from the root قول: to say, speak, tell. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On قَالُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, telling exactly who is meant: 'they (will) say', from the root قول: to say, speak, tell. L8 · R2

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb is a verb that carries و or ي — the 'weak' letters, which love to soften into long vowels or vanish — among its root letters. The root of قَالُ is قول: to say, speak, tell — and its middle letter is the weak و, so the weakness sits in the middle of the root. L24 · R4

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'I / you / he' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. وا۟ · 'them/their' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — قَالُوا۟ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, so it stands in the nominative — the doer's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ on قَالُوا۟ is that doer, 'they'; on this attached pronoun the shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears, but the role it fills is the nominative one. L9 · R4

هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى

(…"This is what)

Grammar — lesson evidence

هَـٰذَاword 20

Demonstrative Pronoun · اسم إشارةA demonstrative pronoun is a pointing word that singles out a specific thing, near or far. هَٰذَا points to something near, masculine, and singular — 'this', the fruit just given to them. L3 · R8

Subject (Mubtada') · مبتدأThe subject is the naming word a statement opens by talking about — its topic — standing in the nominative, the topic's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. Inside their words, هَٰذَا 'this' is that topic; a pointing word keeps one fixed written shape, so no ḍammah appears on it — the nominative is the role it fills. L6 · R2

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is what the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter. What the saying of قَالُوا۟ lands on is the spoken sentence that opens with هَٰذَا; this pointing word keeps its fixed written shape, so no fathah appears on it. L9 · R3

ٱلَّذِىword 21

Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word like 'who' or 'which' that hooks a whole describing sentence onto whoever or whatever it points to. ٱلَّذِى · 'the one which' is the masculine singular form — used when it points to one person or thing Arabic treats as 'he'. Its shape is fixed: this word never changes its ending to show its job in the sentence. L5 · R13

Predicate (Khabar) · خبرThe predicate is the part that tells you something about the topic, and it stands in the nominative in its own right — the form usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The topic was هَٰذَا 'this'; ٱلَّذِى 'the one which…' is what is said about it, with the 'is' simply understood: 'this IS what we were provided before'. This word keeps one fixed written shape, so no ḍammah appears on it. L6 · R3

رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ ۖ

(…we were provided with before.")

Root رزق — to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow · 123 times in the Quran

Root قبل — to be before, accept; direction faced · 294 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

رُزِقْنَاword 22

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. رُزِقْ speaks of an action already carried out: 'we were provided', from the root رزق: to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On رُزِقْنَا that ending is نَا, telling exactly who is meant: 'we were provided', from the root رزق: to provide, necessaries of life, good, grant, bestow. L8 · R2

Passive Voice · المبني للمجهولA passive voice verb leaves the doer unnamed by reshaping its inner vowels: the past pattern opens with a ḍammah ـُ (a small curl above the first letter) followed by a kasrah ـِ (a small stroke below the next root letter). رُزِقْنَا shows that ḍammah-then-kasrah opening: 'we were provided' — the provider is not named. L11 · R4

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. The ending نَا on رُزِقْنَا is such a suffix, standing for 'we' — the speakers. L3 · R6

Passive Subject · نائب فاعلThe passive subject is the one the action happened to, lifted into the subject spot of a passive verb and carrying the nominative — the subject's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending نَا on رُزِقْنَا names those who received the provision, 'we'; a pronoun's written shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L11 · R5

مِنword 23

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. مِن · 'from/of' is such a helper. L1 · R9

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. مِن · 'from/of' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2

قَبْلُ ۖword 24

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. قَبْلُ names such a thing: 'before', from the root قبل: to be before, accept; direction faced. L1 · R6

Genitive · مجرورThe genitive is the standing a naming word takes after a preposition, usually shown by a kasrah ـِ — a small stroke below the last letter. قَبْلُ stands in that genitive because مِن 'from' comes before it; yet its written ending is a fixed ḍammah ـُ (a small curl above the last letter), the shape this word keeps when the thing it pairs with — 'before' what — is left unsaid but understood. L2 · R12

Significance — from the tafsir

It is related that the people of Paradise will be served fruits, then brought similar ones, and will say 'this is the same as what you have just brought us' — and be told: eat, for the color is the same, but the taste is different.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:25

So far: “And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before."”

وَأُتُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا ۖ

(And it is given to them in likeness.)

Root اتي — to come, bring, give · 549 times in the Quran

Root شبه — to resemble, be similar or alike · 12 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

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Resumptive Particle · حرف استئنافA resumptive particle is a وَ or فَ that begins a fresh statement after a pause or a shift of topic — it starts the speech anew rather than adding one more item to a list. The prefix وَ · 'and' at the front of وَأُتُوا۟ opens such a fresh start. L14 · R1

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. أُتُ speaks of an action already carried out: 'And they will be given', from the root اتي: to come, bring, give. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed — and it shows who by a small ending fastened to the verb's tail. On وَأُتُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, telling exactly who is meant: 'And they will be given', from the root اتي: to come, bring, give. L8 · R2

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb is a verb that carries و or ي — the 'weak' letters, which love to soften into long vowels or vanish — among its root letters. The root of أُتُ is اتي: to come, bring, give — and its last letter is the weak ي, so the weakness sits at the very end of the root. L24 · R7

Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has the hamza ء as one of its root letters. The root of أُتُوا۟ is اتي, whose first letter is that hamza — here seated on an alif as أُ, since the hamza's written seat changes with the vowels around it. L24 · R11

Passive Voice · المبني للمجهولA passive voice verb leaves the doer unnamed by reshaping its inner vowels: the past pattern opens with a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the first letter. أُتُوا۟ opens with exactly that ḍammah on its hamza: 'they were given' — the giver is not named. L11 · R4

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. The ending وا۟ on أُتُوا۟ is such a suffix, standing for 'they' — those given the fruits. L3 · R6

Passive Subject · نائب فاعلThe passive subject is the one the action happened to, lifted into the subject spot of a passive verb and carrying the nominative — the subject's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending وا۟ on أُتُوا۟ names those who receive; a pronoun's written shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. Who gives is left unnamed. L11 · R5

بِهِۦword 26

Preposition · حرف جرThe small prefix بِ at the front of بِهِۦ is a preposition — a little helper word meaning 'in/with' that relates one thing to another. A preposition 'pulls' the word that follows it into the genitive relationship — the 'of / in / with' role a word plays after such a little helper — though not every word shows that role with the same visible ending. L4 · R1

Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA pronoun is a mini-word standing in for a name, here هِۦ 'it'. Joined after the preposition بِ, it points back to the provision: 'therewith'. L3 · R7

مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا ۖword 27

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. مُتَشَٰبِهًا names such a thing: '(things) in resemblance', from the root شبه: to resemble, be similar or alike. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Indefinite Noun · نكرةAn indefinite noun means 'a' or 'any' one of something — no particular one — and it never wears the definite article ال ('the'); instead it shows this with tanwīn, a doubled end-vowel mark. مُتَشَٰبِهًا carries the tanwīn ـً — the fathah ـَ doubled — marking it as unspecified: '(things) in resemblance'. L2 · R8

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the last letter — doubled to tanwīn ـً when the word is indefinite. مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا ends in that doubled fathah ـً. L2 · R11

Active Participle · اسم فاعلAn active participle is a naming word built from a verb's root to name the doer or holder of the action; for the derived verb families it begins with مُـ and carries a kasrah ـِ — a small stroke — below the letter before the last root letter. مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا begins with مُـ and has that kasrah under the ب: things that themselves resemble one another. L11 · R3

Circumstantial (Hāl) · الحالThe ḥāl describes the state something is in while the action happens, and it is an indefinite word in the accusative — the fathah ـَ form, here the doubled fathah ـً. مُتَشَـٰبِهًۭا tells the state in which the provision is given: 'in resemblance', one gift looking like another. L21 · R5

Significance — from the tafsir

The fruits of Paradise look like each other but the taste is different; Ibn Abbas said nothing in Paradise resembles anything in this life except in name.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:25

So far: “And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness.”

وَلَهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌۭ مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ۖ

(And they will have therein purified spouses,)

Root زوج — spouse, mate, pair, to pair, to conjoin in pairs · 81 times in the Quran

Root طهر — to purify, be pure, cleanse · 31 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

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Resumptive Particle · حرف استئنافA resumptive particle is a وَ or فَ that begins a fresh statement after a pause or a shift of topic — it starts the speech anew rather than adding one more item to a list. The prefix وَ · 'and' at the front of وَلَهُمْ opens such a fresh start. L14 · R1

Preposition · حرف جرThe small prefix لَ at the front of وَلَهُمْ is a preposition — a little helper word meaning 'to/for' that relates one thing to another. A preposition 'pulls' the word that follows it into the genitive relationship — the 'of / in / with' role a word plays after such a little helper — though not every word shows that role with the same visible ending. L4 · R1

Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA detached pronoun is a standalone word for 'they', 'you', 'I', and the like. هُمْ is 'them' here, joined after the preposition لَ to say 'for them'. L3 · R2

فِيهَآword 29

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. فِي · 'in' is such a helper. L1 · R9

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. فِي · 'in' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'me / us / them' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. هَآ · 'her/her' hangs on the little relation-word in فِيهَآ, governed by the word it is fastened to. L3 · R6

أَزْوَٰجٌۭword 30

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. أَزْوَٰجٌ names such a thing: 'spouses', from the root زوج: spouse, mate, pair, to pair, to conjoin in pairs. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. أَزْوَٰجٌۭ carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more — made either by adding an ending or by reshaping the word from the inside, which is called a broken plural. أَزْوَٰج is such a broken plural: the singular زَوْج (spouse) is reshaped from within rather than given a plural ending. L2 · R6

Indefinite Noun · نكرةAn indefinite noun means 'a' or 'any' one of something — no particular one — and it never wears the definite article ال ('the'); instead it shows this with tanwīn, a doubled end-vowel mark. أَزْوَٰجٌ carries the tanwīn ـٌ — the ḍammah ـُ doubled — marking it as unspecified: 'spouses'. L2 · R8

Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the ending a naming word takes as the topic of its statement, shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter — doubled to tanwīn ـٌ when the word is indefinite. أَزْوَٰجٌۭ ends in that doubled ḍammah ـٌ. L2 · R10

Subject (Mubtada') · مبتدأThe subject is the naming word a statement talks about — its topic — standing in the nominative, shown here by the doubled ḍammah ـٌ above the last letter. أَزْوَٰجٌۭ 'spouses' is that topic; what is said about them, 'for them, therein', stands before it in this sentence. L6 · R2

مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ۖword 31

Noun · اسمA word ending with the letter ة (tā marbūṭah) is a noun — a naming word. مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ends in that ة and names a quality: purified, from the root طهر, to purify, be pure, cleanse. L1 · R3

Indefinite Noun · نكرةAn indefinite noun is a naming word left general — not pinned to one known thing by the definite article ال ('the') — and it shows this with tanwīn, a doubled end-vowel mark. مُّطَهَّرَةٌ carries the tanwīn ـٌ — the ḍammah ـُ doubled: 'purified'. L2 · R8

Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter — doubled to tanwīn ـٌ on an indefinite word. مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ends in that doubled ḍammah ـٌ, matching the ending of أَزْوَٰجٌۭ, the word it describes. L2 · R10

Adjective · صفةAn adjective is a describing word that follows its noun. A broken plural — a plural made by reshaping the word from inside, like أَزْوَٰجٌۭ — takes its adjective in the feminine singular form, which is why the describing word here is مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ with the single feminine ة, not a plural shape: 'purified spouses'. L7 · R3

Passive Participle · اسم مفعولA passive participle is a naming word built from a verb's root to name the one the action was done to; for the derived verb families it begins with مُـ and carries a fathah ـَ — a small stroke — above the letter before the last root letter. مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ begins with مُـ and has that fathah on the doubled هّ: ones who have been purified. L11 · R3

Significance — from the tafsir

Ibn Abbas said the spouses are purified from filth and impurity; Qatadah added: purified from impurity and sin.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:25

وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

(…and they will abide therein eternally.)

Root خلد — to abide eternally, to remain forever, eternity · 87 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

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Circumstantial Particle · واو الحالThe circumstantial particle is a وَ meaning 'while/and', introducing a mini-sentence that describes an accompanying state; its marker is that a complete topic-plus-comment sentence follows it. Here the وَ introduces هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ — 'they abiding therein forever'. L14 · R3

Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA detached pronoun is a standalone word for 'I/you/he/they'. هُمْ is the standalone word 'they', naming the people of these gardens. L3 · R2

Subject (Mubtada') · مبتدأThe subject is the word a statement opens by talking about — its topic — standing in the nominative, the topic's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. هُمْ 'they' is that topic; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so no ḍammah appears on it — the nominative is the role it fills. L6 · R2

فِيهَاword 33

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word of one to three letters that works like glue — it connects or adjusts other words rather than naming something or describing an action, and it can never be the one a sentence is about. فِي · 'in' is such a helper. L1 · R9

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little helper word that relates one thing to another; Arabic keeps a short list of them — small words like فِي 'in', مِنْ 'from', and عَلَىٰ 'on'. فِي · 'in' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'me / us / them' that cannot stand alone — it is glued onto the end of another word, and each form carries within it exactly who is meant. هَا · 'her/her' hangs on the little relation-word in فِيهَا, governed by the word it is fastened to. L3 · R6

خَـٰلِدُونَword 34

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. خَٰلِدُونَ is such a naming word: '(will) abide forever', from the root خلد: to abide eternally, to remain forever, eternity. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. Even as a plural, خَـٰلِدُونَ carries no feminine marker — no ة at its end, no final ى, no اء — so it takes the default and is a masculine noun; its ending is the 'sound' plural ending Arabic reserves for masculine nouns. L2 · R3

Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more of something. The sound masculine plural carries its role in its ending — ـُونَ for the nominative (the 'subject form', with the ḍammah ـُ sound), ـِينَ for the accusative and genitive (the 'object' and 'of' forms); خَـٰلِدُونَ closes with exactly such an ending: not one, but a whole group. L2 · R6

Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the standing a naming word takes as subject or the comment about a topic, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter. For this kind of plural the nominative shows itself instead as the ending ـُونَ, which خَـٰلِدُونَ carries. L2 · R6

Predicate (Khabar) · خبرThe predicate is the part that tells you something about the topic, and it stands in the nominative in its own right — shown here by the plural's nominative ending ـُونَ. The topic was هُمْ 'they'; خَـٰلِدُونَ is what is said about them, with the 'is' understood: 'they ARE abiders forever'. L6 · R3

Active Participle · اسم فاعلAn active participle is a naming word built from a verb's root on the pattern فَاعِل to name the doer or holder of the action. خَـٰلِد is built on that pattern from the root خلد (to abide eternally): ones who abide. L11 · R1

Significance — from the tafsir

Ultimate happiness: the believers will enjoy everlasting delight, safe from death and disruption of their bliss, for it never ends or ceases.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:25

So far: “And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.”