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Al-Baqarah · 2:73

So We said, "Strike him [i.e., the slain man] with part of it." Thus does Allāh bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.

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Grammar, phrase by phrase

فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ

(So We said, "Strike him with part of it.")

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

Root ضربto strike, set forth (examples), travel · 58 times in the Quran

Root بعضsome, part, a portion · 158 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

فَقُلْنَاword 1

Conjunction · حرف عطفA conjunction is a particle that joins words or sentences, and فَ means 'and then' — the next thing following at once. The prefix فَ joins the divine command to what came before: so We said. L4 · R4

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

Past Tense Verb · فعل ماضٍA past tense verb describes an action already completed, and who did it is shown by an ending added to the verb. The ending نَا — the 'We' marker, from نَحْنُ — sits on قُلْنَا: 'We said'. L8 · R2

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb has و or ي among its root letters, and those weak letters love to vanish. قُلْ is the root قول — its weak middle و does not appear in this shape at all; only the short ḍammah ـُ, the small curl above the ق, remains where it stood. L24 · R4

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. The ending نَا on فَقُلْنَا is such a suffix, standing for 'We'. 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 نَا is that doer, 'We'; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

ٱضْرِبُوهُword 2

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action tied to a time. ٱضْرِبُ names an action — striking — from the root ضرب: to strike, set forth (examples), travel. L1 · R7

Imperative Verb · فعل أمرAn imperative verb is a direct command addressed to 'you', formed from the present-tense verb by removing its opening prefix and adding a helping ٱ when what remains starts with a vowelless letter. ٱضْرِبُوهُ shows that helping ٱ at its front — a command to them all: strike! L10 · R1

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word — and this one verb carries two: the و standing for 'you all', and after it هُ standing for 'him', the slain man. One written word packs a whole sentence. 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 و is that doer, 'you all', the ones commanded to strike; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. 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 final هُ 'him' is that object, glued straight onto the verb; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so the accusative is the role it fills. L9 · R5

بِبَعْضِهَا ۚword 3

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 ending, usually a kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. The prefix بِ 'with' is one of the common prepositions: strike him 'with' part of it. L4 · R2

Noun · اسمA word whose final vowel mark changes with its job in the sentence is a noun, a naming word. بَعْضِ names a part or portion, from the root بعض — some, part, a portion. L1 · R5

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

Genitive · مجرورThe genitive is the ending a naming word takes after a preposition, shown by a kasrah ـِ — a small stroke below the last letter. بَعْضِ ends in exactly that kasrah ـِ, pulled into it by the preposition بِ at the word's front. L2 · R12

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word; attached to a naming word, it shows possession. The ending هَا on بِبَعْضِهَا stands for 'it' — the cow, spoken of as 'she': part 'of her'. L3 · R6

Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهA possessive (iḍāfah) chains two naming words into an 'of' phrase, and the owner comes second, taking the genitive — the owner's ending, usually a kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. The ending هَا fills that owner slot: 'part OF her'; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so the genitive is the role it fills. L5 · R5

Significance — from the tafsir

"Strike him with a piece of it" — any part of the cow would produce the miracle. We were not told which part they used, as this does not benefit us in life or religion; Allah made the matter vague, so we leave it vague.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:72–73

So far: So We said, "Strike him [i.e., the slain man] with part of it."

كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

(Thus does Allāh bring the dead to life,)

Root حييto live, give life, revive; life, living · 184 times in the Quran

Root الهgod · 2,851 times in the Quran

Root موتto die, expire · 165 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

كَذَٰلِكَword 4

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 ending, usually a kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. The prefix كَ 'like/as' is one of the common prepositions: 'LIKE that' — in this same way. L4 · R2

Demonstrative Pronoun · اسم إشارةA demonstrative pronoun is a pointing word that singles out a specific thing, near or far, and ذَٰلِكَ is the far pointing word: 'that'. With the كَ before it the whole means 'like that, thus' — as the dead man was revived, so Allah revives the dead. L3 · R8

يُحْىِword 5

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action tied to a time. يُحْىِ names an action — reviving, giving life — from the root حيي: to live, give life, revive. L1 · R7

Present Tense Verb · فعل مضارعA present tense verb is identified by one of the four prefix letters remembered as أَنَيْتُ. يُحْىِ opens with the letter ي — the 'he' prefix — standing before the root letters: 'He revives'. L8 · R3

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb has at least one of the weak letters و or ي among its root letters, and the subtype is named by which slot is weak — a weak LAST letter makes the defective type, surfacing as a final long vowel. The root حيي ends in the weak ي, and يُحْىِ closes on exactly that weak letter, written ى with the kasrah ـِ — the small stroke — beneath it. L24 · R9

Doubled Verb · فعل مضاعفA doubled verb is one whose second and third root letters are the same letter, normally written once with the doubling shaddah ـّ, the small w-shaped mark. The root حيي repeats its ي as both second and third letters, so it belongs to this family — yet no shaddah shows here, because the repeated letter is the weak ي, which slips away rather than doubling. L24 · R10

Form IV Verb · أَفْعَلَA Form IV verb adds a hamzah to the front of its past shape, and in the present tense this family is identified by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl — on the prefix letter. يُحْىِ shows exactly that: its opening يُ carries the ḍammah ـُ, the present-tense signature of this form, whose usual sense is causing — causing to live. L12 · R7

ٱللَّهُword 6

Noun · اسمA noun names a person, place, thing, or idea — including proper names. ٱللَّهُ is the proper name of Allah. L1 · R6

Nominative · مرفوعThe nominative is the ending a naming word takes as the subject of its sentence, shown by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl above the last letter. ٱللَّهُ ends in exactly that ḍammah ـُ. L2 · R10

Doer (Fa'il) · فاعلThe doer is the one performing the action in a verb-first sentence, standing in the nominative — shown here by the ḍammah ـُ, the small curl on the last letter of ٱللَّهُ. Allah is the One who revives the dead. L9 · R2

ٱلْمَوْتَىٰword 7

Definite Article · أل التعريفThe definite article is the prefix ال attached to the front of a naming word to mean 'the' — one specific, known group. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ wears that prefix, and its ل keeps its own sound, written with the sukūn ـْ — the small circle meaning no vowel follows: al-mawtā, 'the dead'. L2 · R9

Noun · اسمA word that accepts ال — the prefix meaning 'the' — is a noun, a naming word. مَوْتَىٰ names the dead, from the root موت — to die, expire. L1 · R1

Plural Noun · جمعA plural noun refers to three or more, made either by adding an ending or by reshaping the word from the inside — a 'broken' plural. مَوْتَىٰ is such a reshaped plural: no plural ending is added; the word's inner pattern itself carries 'the dead ones'. 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. مَوْتَىٰ ends in the long ىٰ, a shape that cannot carry that changing mark, so the accusative here is the role the word fills, not a mark on show. L2 · R11

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 dead' are what the reviving lands on; the word's fixed long ىٰ ending shows no mark, so the accusative is the role it fills. L9 · R3

Significance — from the tafsir

"Thus Allah brings the dead to life" — they struck him with it, and he came back to life. This Ayah demonstrates Allah's ability to bring the dead back to life, and Allah made the incident proof against them that the Resurrection shall occur.

Ibn Kathir (abridged), on 2:72–73

وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ

(…and He shows you His signs)

Root رايto see, behold, perceive · 328 times in the Quran

Root اييsign, verse, miracle · 382 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

وَيُرِيكُمْword 8

Conjunction · حرف عطفA conjunction is a particle that joins words or sentences. The prefix وَ 'and' joins this second act to the reviving: He revives the dead AND shows you His signs. L4 · R4

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action tied to a time. يُرِي names an action — showing, causing to see — from the root راي: to see, behold, perceive. L1 · R7

Present Tense Verb · فعل مضارعA present tense verb is identified by one of the four prefix letters remembered as أَنَيْتُ. يُرِي opens with the letter ي — the 'he' prefix — standing before the root letters: 'He shows'. L8 · R3

Weak Verb · فعل معتلA weak verb has at least one of the weak letters و or ي among its root letters, and the subtype is named by which slot is weak — a weak LAST letter makes the defective type, surfacing as a final long vowel. The root راي ends in the weak ي, and يُرِي closes on exactly that long ي. L24 · R7

Hamzated Verb · فعل مهموزA hamzated verb has a hamza (ء) among its letters, and the hamza's written seat keeps changing with the surrounding sounds — which can disguise the root. In يُرِي no hamza is visible at all: this short spelling hides it entirely, leaving only two of the root's letters on show. L24 · R11

Form IV Verb · أَفْعَلَA Form IV verb adds a hamzah to the front of its past shape, and in the present tense this family is identified by a ḍammah ـُ — a small curl — on the prefix letter. يُرِي shows exactly that: its opening يُ carries the ḍammah ـُ, the present-tense signature of this form, whose usual sense is causing — causing you to see. L12 · R7

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. The ending كُمْ on يُرِيكُمْ is such a suffix, standing for 'you all'. L3 · R6

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 كُمْ 'you all' is that object, glued straight onto the verb — the ones shown the signs; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so the accusative is the role it fills. L9 · R5

ءَايَـٰتِهِۦword 9

Noun · اسمA word whose final vowel mark changes with its job in the sentence is a noun, a naming word. ءَايَٰتِ names signs, from the root ايي — sign, verse, miracle. L1 · R5

Feminine Noun · اسم مؤنثA feminine noun is a naming word Arabic treats as grammatically 'she', and its plural is made with the ending ـَات — the sound feminine plural. ءَايَٰتِ wears exactly that ـَٰت ending: 'signs', each one an آية, a feminine word. L2 · R6

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

Accusative · منصوبThe accusative is the ending a naming word takes when the action lands on it, usually a fathah ـَ — a small slanted stroke above the last letter. But the sound feminine plural uses the kasrah shape ـِ — a small stroke BELOW — for both the accusative and the genitive, so ءَايَٰتِ wears the kasrah ـِ under its ت while filling the accusative role. L2 · R7

Direct Object · مفعول بهThe direct object is the thing the action lands on, standing in the accusative — the landed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter; this plural type shows it instead with the kasrah ـِ, the small stroke below its ت. 'His signs' are what the showing lands on. L9 · R3

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of another word; attached to a naming word, it shows possession. The ending هِۦ on ءَايَٰتِهِۦ stands for 'His': HIS signs. L3 · R6

Possessive (Idafa) · مضاف إليهA possessive (iḍāfah) chains two naming words into an 'of' phrase, and the owner comes second, taking the genitive — the owner's ending, usually a kasrah ـِ, a small stroke below the last letter. The ending هِۦ fills that owner slot: 'the signs OF Him'; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so the genitive is the role it fills. L5 · R5

لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

(…that you might reason.)

Root عقلto bind the feet of a camel with a rope; to understand, comprehend · 49 times in the Quran

Grammar — lesson evidence

لَعَلَّكُمْword 10

Accusative Particle (إنّ) · حرف مشبه بالفعللَعَلَّ is one of the sisters of إِنَّ — the particles carrying a doubling shaddah ـّ, the small w-shaped mark, that push their topic into the accusative, the pressed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter. لَعَلَّ expresses hope or purpose — 'perhaps / so that' — here revealing the purpose behind the showing: SO THAT you might reason. 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 topic لَعَلَّ presses into the accusative, the pressed-on form, usually a fathah ـَ, a small slanted stroke above the last letter; a pronoun keeps one fixed written shape, so the accusative is the role it fills. L3 · R6

تَعْقِلُونَword 11

Verb · فعلA verb is a word for an action tied to a time. تَعْقِلُ names an action — using the intellect — from the root عقل, whose related meanings include to understand, comprehend. L1 · R7

Present Tense Verb · فعل مضارعA present tense verb is identified by one of the four prefix letters remembered as أَنَيْتُ. تَعْقِلُونَ opens with the letter تَ — the 'you' prefix — standing before the root letters: 'you reason'. L8 · R3

The Five Verbs · الأفعال الخمسةThe Five Verbs are the five present-tense shapes ending in نَ, where that نَ itself is the mood sign: kept, it marks the normal mood; dropped, it marks a trimmed mood. تَعْقِلُونَ is one of those five shapes, and its نَ is kept — the normal, untrimmed mood. L10 · R10

Attached Pronoun · ضمير متصلAn attached pronoun is a mini-word glued onto the end of a verb. The ending ونَ on تَعْقِلُونَ is such a suffix, standing for 'you all'. 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 ونَ is that doer, 'you all'; a pronoun keeps one fixed shape, so no ḍammah appears — the nominative is the role it fills. L9 · R4

So far: So We said, "Strike him [i.e., the slain man] with part of it." Thus does Allāh bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.