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Al-Baqarah · 2:32

They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."

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Grammar, phrase by phrase

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ

(They said, "Exalted are You;)

Root قولto say, speak, tell · 1,722 times in the Quran

Root سبحto glorify, declare glory and perfection, to praise as transcendent · 92 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

قَالُوا۟word 1

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action tied to a time. قَالُوا۟ names an action — saying — from the root قول, to say, speak, tell. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past tense verb carries its person marker as an ending glued to the verb's tail. On قَالُوا۟ that ending is وا۟, the 'they' marker of the past conjugation: 'they said'. L8 · R2

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb is one whose root contains the weak letter و or ي — letters that love to soften into long vowels or vanish. The root of قَالُوا۟ is قول: its middle و hides here behind the long ا of قَالُ. L24 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. The ending وا۟ on قَالُوا۟ is such a suffix, standing for 'they' — the angels. 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

سُبْحَـٰنَكَword 2

Noun · اسمA noun is a naming word for a thing or idea — here the act itself. سُبْحَٰنَ names the act of glorifying, from the root سبح, to glorify, declare glory and perfection. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every naming word as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. This word carries no feminine marker such as a ة at its end, so it falls to the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the last letter. سُبْحَٰنَ ends in exactly that fathah ـَ. L2 · R11

Cognate Accusative · المفعول المطلقA cognate accusative is a verb's own action-noun set in the accusative — the fathah ـَ form — to press the action home. سُبْحَٰنَ is the pure action-noun of the root سبح, 'a glorifying'; the act itself is spoken while its verb is left understood: 'Glory be to You!'. L21 · R9

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'your' glued onto the end of another word. The ending كَ on سُبْحَـٰنَكَ stands for 'You': the glorifying is directed to You. L3 · R7

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 كَ 'You' is that owner glued onto سُبْحَٰنَ: 'the glorifying OF You'. A pronoun like كَ keeps its fixed written shape, so no kasrah appears on it — the genitive is the role its owner slot carries. L5 · R5

Significance — from the tafsir

The angels are praising Allah's holiness and perfection above every kind of deficiency.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:32

لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ

(…we have no knowledge)

Root علمto know, knowledge · 854 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

لَاword 3

Particle · حرفA particle is a small helper word with no meaning standing alone; it takes no ending and does not name or act. لَا is such a helper word here. L1 · R8

Negation Particle · حرف نفيThis لَا denies an entire category at once — 'there is NO … at all' — and the naming word straight after it takes a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above its last letter. Here it denies all knowledge: 'no knowledge whatsoever have we'. L4 · R7

عِلْمَword 4

Noun · اسمA noun is a naming word for a person, thing, or idea. عِلْمَ names an idea — knowledge — from the root علم, to know, knowledge. L1 · R6

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every naming word as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. This word carries no feminine marker such as a ة at its end, so it falls to the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending shown by a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the last letter. عِلْمَ carries exactly that single fathah ـَ, with no doubling, because the category-denying لَا before it puts its naming word in the accusative: 'NO knowledge at all'. L2 · R11

لَنَآword 5

Preposition · حرف جرA preposition is a little word that relates one thing to another and pulls the naming word after it into the genitive — the after-preposition standing, usually a kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. The prefix لَ means 'for': 'for us'. L4 · R1

Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA pronoun is a mini-word standing in for a name, here نَآ 'us'. Joined after the preposition لَ, it names those who lack the knowledge: 'we have no knowledge'. L3 · R7

إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ ۖ

(…except what You have taught us.)

Root علمto know, knowledge · 854 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

إِلَّاword 6

Exception Particle · أداة الاستثناءAn exception particle carves someone or something out of a general statement, and إِلَّا 'except' is the chief one. After the denial 'no knowledge have we', the pair means 'only': only what You have taught us. L19 · R2

مَاword 7

Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word that hooks a describing sentence onto something. مَا is the form used for non-human things — 'what/that which': what You have taught us. L5 · R13

Apposition (Badal) · بدلAn apposition is a second expression that renames what came before it to make it clearer. مَا 'what You have taught us' renames the knowledge just denied and excepted: the only knowledge we have, namely what You taught. L7 · R4

عَلَّمْتَنَآ ۖword 8

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action tied to a time. عَلَّمْ names an action — teaching — from the root علم, to know, knowledge. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past tense verb carries its person marker as an ending glued to the verb's tail. On عَلَّمْتَنَآ that ending is تَ, the 'You' marker — note the sukūn ـْ, the small circle above the م, closing the verb before it: 'You taught'. L8 · R2

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 — and often makes the action land on others: عَلِمَ 'he knew' becomes عَلَّمَ 'he taught'. In عَلَّمْتَنَآ that shaddah sits on the ل, the middle letter of the root علم. L12 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. عَلَّمْتَنَآ carries two: the ending تَ standing for 'You', and the ending نَآ standing for 'us' — 'You taught us'. L3 · R7

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 تَ on عَلَّمْتَنَآ is that doer, 'You' — the One who taught; on this attached pronoun the shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears, but the role it fills is the nominative one. L9 · R4

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the one the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter. The ending نَآ 'us' is that object: the teaching landed on us. A pronoun keeps its fixed written shape, so no fathah appears — the accusative is the role it fills. L9 · R5

Significance — from the tafsir

No creature could ever acquire any part of Allah's knowledge except by His permission, nor could anyone know anything except what Allah teaches them.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:32

So far: They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us."

إِنَّكَ أَنتَ

(…Indeed, it is You)

Grammar — lesson evidence

إِنَّكَword 9

Accusative Particle (إنّ) · حرف مشبه بالفعلإِنَّ 'indeed' — carrying the doubling shaddah ـّ, a small w-shaped mark — is a particle of the family حرف مشبه بالفعل that opens a topic-plus-comment sentence, adds emphasis, and pushes its topic into the accusative, the fathah ـَ form. Joined with 'You' it reads إِنَّكَ: 'Indeed, You…'. L15 · R2

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word; glued to a particle, it is governed by that particle. The ending كَ on إِنَّكَ stands for 'You' — the topic إِنَّ pushes into the accusative, the fathah ـَ form; a pronoun keeps its fixed written shape, so the role, not a visible fathah, carries that case. L3 · R6

أَنتَword 10

Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA detached pronoun is a standalone word for 'I/you/he/they'. أَنتَ is the standalone word 'You', spoken to Allah. L3 · R2

Subject (Mubtada') · مبتدأThe subject is the word a statement talks about — its topic — standing in the nominative, the topic's form, usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. Read as opening an inner statement of its own, أَنتَ 'You' is such a topic, with 'the All-Knowing, the All-Wise' said about it; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so the role, not a visible ḍammah, carries the case. L6 · R2

ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

(…who is the Knowing, the Wise.")

Root علمto know, knowledge · 854 times in the Quran

Root حكمto judge, give judgment, wisdom, rule · 210 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

ٱلْعَلِيمُword 11

Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ٱلْ ('the') fixed to the front of a naming word to mark one specific, known one. Here it marks عَلِيمُ as 'THE All-Knowing'. L2 · R9

Noun · اسمA word that accepts the prefix ٱلْ ('the') is a noun — a naming word. This word carries that prefix and names a quality-holder: 'the All-Knowing', from the root علم, to know, knowledge. L1 · R1

Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every naming word as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. This word carries no feminine marker such as a ة at its end, so it falls to the default and is treated as 'he': a masculine noun. L2 · R3

Singular Noun · مفردA singular noun refers to one, showing its ending with a single short vowel mark. ٱلْعَلِيمُ is the singular form with the single ḍammah ـُ: one All-Knowing. L2 · R4

Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the ending shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter. ٱلْعَلِيمُ ends in that ḍammah ـُ: it is the comment about 'You', and the comment after إِنَّ keeps its nominative in its own right. L2 · R10

Predicate (Khabar) · خبرThe predicate is the part that tells you something about the topic, standing in the nominative in its own right — the ḍammah ـُ, the small curl above the last letter of ٱلْعَلِيمُ. It is what is said of 'You', with the 'are' understood: 'You ARE the All-Knowing'. L6 · R3

ٱلْحَكِيمُword 12

Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ٱلْ ('the') fixed to the front of a naming word to mark one specific, known one. Here it marks حَكِيمُ as 'THE All-Wise'. L2 · R9

Noun · اسمA word that accepts the prefix ٱلْ ('the') is a noun — a naming word. This word carries that prefix and names a quality-holder: 'the All-Wise', from the root حكم, to judge, wisdom, rule. L1 · R1

Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the ending shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter. ٱلْحَكِيمُ ends in that ḍammah ـُ, matching the ending of ٱلْعَلِيمُ, the word it stands beside and describes. L2 · R10

Adjective · صفةAn adjective is a describing word that follows its noun and matches it in gender, number, ending, and 'the'-ness. ٱلْحَكِيمُ follows ٱلْعَلِيمُ and matches it on all four — both masculine, both singular, both with ٱلْ, both ending in the ḍammah ـُ: 'the Knowing, the Wise'. L7 · R1

Significance — from the tafsir

Allah is knowledgeable of everything and Most Wise about His creation; He makes the wisest decisions, and He teaches and deprives whom He wills from knowledge — His wisdom and justice are perfect.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:32

So far: They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."