Arabic Grammar Guide

Arabic grammar is far more systematic than most students expect — closer to a map than a maze. The guide below explains the core concepts you will meet on every page of the Quran. Each entry gives a clear definition, the essential rules, real Quranic examples, and links to the free video lessons where Ustad Muhammad Arjan Ali teaches the topic in full.

• الْجَمْع Arabic Plurals — The two plural systems of Arabic — predictable endings versus reshaped words. →
• الضَّمَائِر Arabic Pronouns — The 14 subject pronouns of Arabic — used over 1,370 times in the Quran. →
• مَعْرِفَة وَنَكِرَة Definiteness — The first property of every Arabic noun — and the hinge on which sentences turn. →
• أَسْمَاءُ الْإِشَارَة Demonstrative Pronouns — The pointing words — هذا، هذه، ذلك، تلك — used over 1,060 times in the Quran. →
• حَرْفُ الْجَرِّ Harf of Jarr — The prepositions of Arabic and the 13,000 prepositional phrases of the Quran. →
• الْإِعْرَاب I'raab — Why Arabic word endings change — and how they tell you each word's role in the sentence. →
• الْإِضَافَة Idafah — The 'X of Y' construct — arguably the single most important phrase structure in Quranic Arabic. →
• إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا Inna and Her Sisters — The six particles that transform the nominal sentence — إنَّ alone appears 1,682 times in the Quran. →
• الْجُمْلَةُ الْاِسْمِيَّةُ Jumlah Ismiyyah — How Arabic builds complete sentences from two nouns — no verb required. →
• الْاِسْمُ الْمَوْصُولُ Relative Pronouns — The connecting words الذي، التي، الذين — appearing ~3,500 times in the Quran. →