Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.
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Grammar, phrase by phrase
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰكُم
(Then We revived you)
Root بعث — to send, raise up, resurrect · 67 times in the Quran
ثُمَّword 1
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. ثُمَّ · 'then' is such a helper. L1 · R9
Conjunction · حرف عطفA conjunction is a small joining word that ties statements together; ثُمَّ means 'then', joining with a step in time: first the thunderbolt, THEN the raising back to life. L4 · R4
بَعَثْنَـٰكُمword 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. بَعَثْ speaks of an action already carried out: 'We revived you', from the root بعث: to send, raise up, resurrect. 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 بَعَثْنَـٰكُم that ending is نَٰ, telling exactly who is meant: 'We revived you', from the root بعث: to send, raise up, resurrect. 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. نَٰ · 'us/our' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — بَعَثْنَـٰكُم — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6
Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The ending نَٰ is that doer, 'We'; an attached pronoun keeps one fixed shape, 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 stroke above the letter. The ending كُم 'you all' is whom the reviving reached; a pronoun's written shape is fixed, so no fathah appears — the accusative is the role it fills. L9 · R5
Allah said, 'Remember My favor on you for resurrecting you after you were seized with lightning when you asked to see Me directly' — this was said by Ibn Jurayj; Allah brought them back to life one man at a time, while the rest were watching.
Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:56
So far: “Then We revived you”
مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ
(…after your death)
Root بعد — after, distance, remoteness · 235 times in the Quran
Root موت — to die, expire · 165 times in the Quran
مِّنۢword 3
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. مِّنۢ · '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'. مِّنۢ · 'from/of' is one of these relation-words. L4 · R2
بَعْدِword 4
Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. بَعْدِ names such a thing: 'after', from the root بعد: after, distance, remoteness. 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. بَعْدِ stands right after such a little word, so its final letter carries exactly that kasrah ـِ: بَعْدِ. L2 · R12
مَوْتِكُمْword 5
Noun · اسمA noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. مَوْتِ names such a thing: 'your death', from the root موت: to die, expire. L1 · R6
Masculine Noun · اسم مذكرArabic treats every noun — every naming word — as grammatically 'he' or 'she'. مَوْتِكُمْ 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
Genitive · مجرورThe genitive is the ending a noun (a naming word) takes as the owner in an 'of' phrase, marked by a kasrah ـِ — a small slanted stroke written below the letter. بَعْدِ and مَوْتِكُمْ form such a pair, 'after your death', and as the owner-word of that pair, مَوْتِ carries exactly that kasrah ـِ on its own final letter — just before the small piece fastened to the word's end. L2 · R12
Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهArabic says 'of' by chaining two nouns — two naming words — directly together: بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ reads 'after — your death'. The second word of such a chain, the owner, always takes the genitive — the after-'of' ending, shown by a kasrah ـِ, a small slanted stroke written below the letter — and مَوْتِ carries exactly that kasrah ـِ on its own final letter, just before the small piece fastened to the word's end. L5 · R5
Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word. The ending كُمْ on مَوْتِكُمْ is such a suffix, standing for 'your': YOUR death. L3 · R6
Ar-Rabi' bin Anas said, 'Death was their punishment, and they were resurrected after they died so they could finish out their lives.'
Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:56
لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
(…that perhaps you would be grateful.)
Root شكر — gave thanks, became grateful · 75 times in the Quran
لَعَلَّكُمْword 6
Accusative Particle (إنّ) · حرف مشبه بالفعللَعَلَّ — one of the family of particles that sit before a topic-plus-comment sentence, each carrying the doubling shaddah ـّ, seen here on its لَّ — expresses hope or expectation, 'perhaps / so that'; in Allah's speech it typically reveals the purpose behind His act: you were revived SO THAT you might be grateful. L15 · R8
Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word. The ending كُمْ on لَعَلَّكُمْ stands for 'you all' — the ones the hope is spoken over; this particle family pushes its topic into the accusative, the form usually shown by a fathah ـَ, a small stroke above the letter, but a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so the accusative is the role it fills. L3 · R6
تَشْكُرُونَword 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. تَشْكُرُ is an action unfolding now: '(be) grateful', from the root شكر: gave thanks, became grateful. 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. تَشْكُرُ opens with exactly such a letter: '(be) grateful', from the root شكر: gave thanks, became grateful. L8 · R3
The Five Verbs · الأفعال الخمسةThe Five Verbs are the five present-tense shapes whose ending closes with the letter ن — يَفْعَلَانِ, تَفْعَلَانِ, يَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلُونَ, تَفْعَلِينَ. تَشْكُرُونَ 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
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 · 'you all/your' is fastened to the tail of the verb here — تَشْكُرُونَ — naming the one who did the action. L3 · R6
Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action, standing in the nominative — the doer's form, usually a ḍammah ـُ, a small curl above the last letter. The و in the ending ونَ names the doers of the hoped-for thanking, 'you all'; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4
So far: “Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.”