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Al-Baqarah · 2:4

And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].

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وَٱلَّذِينَ

(And who…)

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وَٱلَّذِينَword 1

Conjunction · حرف عطفThe prefix وَ at the front of وَٱلَّذِينَ 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

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 · 'And 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

يُؤْمِنُونَ

(…believe)

Root امنto believe, faith, security, trust · 879 times in the Quran

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يُؤْمِنُونَword 2

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. يُؤْمِنُ is an action unfolding now: 'believe', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. 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. يُؤْمِنُ opens with exactly such a letter: 'believe', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L8 · R3

The Five Verbs · الأفعال الخمسةThe Five Verbs are the five present-tense shapes whose ending closes with the letter نيَفْعَلَانِ, تَفْعَلَانِ, يَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلِينَ. يُؤْمِنُونَ is one of them: its ending ونَ keeps that closing ن, and for these five shapes the kept ن is itself the grammar-sign that the verb stands in its plain, ordinary mood. L10 · R10

Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has a hamza (ء) as one of its root letters, shifting its written seat (أ/ؤ/ئ). From the root امن, the hamza surfaces here as the ؤ in يُؤْمِنُونَ. 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; in the present tense this form announces itself instead by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the letter — sitting on the verb's opening prefix letter. يُؤْمِنُ carries exactly that ḍammah ـُ on its opening letter: 'believe', from the root امن: to believe, faith, security, trust. L12 · R7

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. ونَ · 'them/their' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — يُؤْمِنُونَ — 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 'subject form', usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl written above the final letter. The ونَ ending on يُؤْمِنُونَ is that doer, 'they' — the ones believing; on this attached pronoun the shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears, but the role it fills is the nominative one. L9 · R4

بِمَآ

(…in what)

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بِمَآword 3

Preposition · حرف جرThe small prefix بِ at the front of بِمَآ 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

Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word that hooks a whole describing sentence onto its meaning. مَآ · 'in what' is the relative word Arabic uses for non-human things — 'what' or 'that which' — one fixed shape for any gender and any number: its ending never changes to show its job in the sentence. L5 · R13

أُنزِلَ

(…has been revealed)

Root نزلto come down, descend, send down, reveal · 293 times in the Quran

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أُنزِلَword 4

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. أُنزِلَ speaks of an action already carried out: '(is) sent down', from the root نزل: to come down, descend, send down, reveal. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed. Its plain base shape — the shape Arabic uses for a single 'he' — carries no who-ending glued to its tail, and أُنزِلَ is exactly that bare base: '(is) sent down', from the root نزل: to come down, descend, send down, reveal. L8 · R1

Passive Voice · المبني للمجهولA passive voice verb hides who did the action by changing its inner vowels — the past فَعَلَ becomes فُعِلَ, with a ḍammah ـُ then a kasrah ـِ. أُنزِلَ shows the ḍammah ـُ on its first letter and the kasrah ـِ on the زِ, so it means 'was sent down' without naming the sender. L11 · R4

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. أُنزِلَ carries that added hamza at its front: '(is) sent down', from the root نزل: to come down, descend, send down, reveal. L12 · R5

إِلَيْكَ

(…to you,)

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إِلَيْكَword 5

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. إِلَيْ · 'to/toward' 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'. إِلَيْ · 'to/toward' 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. كَ · 'you/your' hangs on the little relation-word in إِلَيْكَ, governed by the word it is fastened to. L3 · R6

So far: And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad],

وَمَآ

(…and what)

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وَمَآword 6

Conjunction · حرف عطفThe prefix وَ at the front of وَمَآ 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

Relative Pronoun · اسم موصولA relative pronoun is a word that hooks a whole describing sentence onto its meaning. مَآ · 'and what' is the relative word Arabic uses for non-human things — 'what' or 'that which' — one fixed shape for any gender and any number: its ending never changes to show its job in the sentence. L5 · R13

أُنزِلَ

(…was revealed)

Root نزلto come down, descend, send down, reveal · 293 times in the Quran

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أُنزِلَword 7

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. أُنزِلَ speaks of an action already carried out: 'was sent down', from the root نزل: to come down, descend, send down, reveal. L1 · R7

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past-tense verb describes an action already completed. Its plain base shape — the shape Arabic uses for a single 'he' — carries no who-ending glued to its tail, and أُنزِلَ is exactly that bare base: 'was sent down', from the root نزل: to come down, descend, send down, reveal. L8 · R1

Passive Voice · المبني للمجهولA passive voice verb hides who did the action by changing its inner vowels — فَعَلَ to فُعِلَ, with a ḍammah ـُ then a kasrah ـِ. أُنزِلَ shows the ḍammah ـُ on its first letter and the kasrah ـِ on the زِ: 'was sent down', without naming the sender. L11 · R4

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. أُنزِلَ carries that added hamza at its front: 'was sent down', from the root نزل: to come down, descend, send down, reveal. L12 · R5

مِن قَبْلِكَ

(…before you,)

Root قبلto be before, accept; direction faced · 294 times in the Quran

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مِنword 8

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

قَبْلِكَword 9

Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. قَبْلِ names such a thing: 'before you', from the root قبل: to be before, accept; direction faced. 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. قَبْلِ stands right after such a little word and carries exactly that kasrah ـِ on its own final letter — tucked inside قَبْلِكَ, just before the small piece fastened to the word's end. L2 · R12

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word for 'you/your' glued onto the end of another word. The ending كَ on قَبْلِكَ is such a suffix, meaning 'you', fixing the time as 'before you'. L3 · R6

Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهA possessive chain joins two words into an 'of' phrase, and the second, the owner, takes the genitive. Here the attached كَ 'you' fills that owner slot on قَبْل 'before' — literally 'the before of you', that is, 'before you'. L5 · R5

Significance — from the tafsir

They believe in what Allah sent you with and in what the earlier Messengers were sent with, making no distinction between them, and never rejecting what they brought from their Lord.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:4

So far: And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you,

وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ

(…and of the Hereafter)

Root اخرother, last, hereafter, to delay · 250 times in the Quran

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وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِword 10

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 وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ opens such a fresh start. L14 · R1

Preposition · حرف جرThe small prefix بِ at the front of وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ is a preposition — a little helper word meaning 'in/with' that relates one thing to another. A preposition 'pulls' the naming word after it into the genitive, the ending marked by a kasrah ـِ — a small slanted stroke written below the letter — and وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ends with exactly that kasrah ـِ. L4 · R1

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): وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ. 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 thing, 'the Hereafter', from the root اخر, what is last and comes after. L1 · R1

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. ءَاخِرَةِ carries exactly that round ة at its end, so it is treated as feminine: 'and in the Hereafter'. L2 · R1

Singular Noun · مفردA singular noun refers to exactly one thing. ءَاخِرَة names one thing — the single life to come, the Hereafter. L2 · R4

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. ءَاخِرَةِ stands right after such a little word, so its final letter carries exactly that kasrah ـِ: وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ. L2 · R12

Significance — from the tafsir

The Hereafter is the resurrection, the standing before Allah, Paradise, the Fire, the reckoning, and the Scale that weighs the deeds; it is so named because it comes after this earthly life.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:4

هُمْ

(…they)

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هُمْword 11

Detached Pronoun · ضمير منفصلA detached pronoun is a standalone word for 'they', 'you', 'I', and the like. هُمْ is the standalone word 'they', naming the very group being described. L3 · R2

Subject (Mubtada') · مبتدأThe subject is the noun a sentence opens by talking about — its topic — and it stands in the nominative, the 'topic form' usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl written above the final letter. هُمْ 'they' stands as that topic here — a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears, but the role it fills is the nominative one — and what follows ('are certain') tells us about them. L6 · R2

يُوقِنُونَ

(…are certain.)

Root يقنto be certain, sure of · 28 times in the Quran

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يُوقِنُونَword 12

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action or happening that is always tied to a time — past, present/future, or a command. يُوقِنُ is an action unfolding now: 'firmly believe', from the root يقن: to be certain, sure of. L1 · R7

Predicate (Khabar) · خبرThe predicate tells you something about the topic, and it may be a whole verb-sentence. The sentence opened with the topic هُمْ 'they'; يُوقِنُونَ 'they are certain' is the information told about them — 'they are certain'. L6 · R6

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. يُوقِنُ opens with exactly such a letter: 'firmly believe', from the root يقن: to be certain, sure of. L8 · R3

The Five Verbs · الأفعال الخمسةThe Five Verbs are the five present-tense shapes whose ending closes with the letter نيَفْعَلَانِ, تَفْعَلَانِ, يَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلِينَ. يُوقِنُونَ is one of them: its ending ونَ keeps that closing ن, and for these five shapes the kept ن is itself the grammar-sign that the verb stands in its plain, ordinary mood. L10 · R10

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 يُوقِنُ is يقن: to be certain, sure of — and its first letter is the weak ي, so the weakness sits at the front of the root. L24 · R3

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; in the present tense this form announces itself instead by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the letter — sitting on the verb's opening prefix letter. يُوقِنُ carries exactly that ḍammah ـُ on its opening letter: 'firmly believe', from the root يقن: to be certain, sure of. L12 · R7

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. ونَ · 'them/their' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — يُوقِنُونَ — 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 'subject form', usually shown by a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl written above the final letter. The ونَ ending on يُوقِنُونَ is that doer, 'they' — the ones who are certain; on this attached pronoun the shape is fixed, so no ḍammah appears, but the role it fills is the nominative one. L9 · R4

Significance — from the tafsir

These are the believers, whether Arab, non-Arab, or of a previous Scripture; all these traits complete one another, for belief in the unseen and prayer cannot stand without believing in what the Messengers brought and being certain of the Hereafter.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:4

So far: And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].