الْجُمْلَة الْفِعْلِيَّة
al-jumla al-fi'liyya
Verbal sentence
Nahw · syntaxClause/structurecore term3+ in the Qur'an
Also written: Verbal sentence · Jumla Fi'liyya · Fi'liyyah
In one line
Verbal sentence
Classical definition
الجُمْلَةُ الفِعْلِيَّةُ مَا صُدِّرَتْ بِفِعْلٍ، وَتَتَكَوَّنُ مِنَ الفِعْلِ وَفَاعِلِهِ.
(ابن هشام)
What it is

The verbal sentence opens with a verb, then its doer (fa'il) in rafa', then often an object in nasb. Unlike English, which rarely begins with a verb, Arabic does so constantly — it is the natural shape of narrative, and the Qur'an is full of it.

Related terms
شِبْه الْجُمْلَة · shibh al-jumla صِلَة الْمَوْصُول · silat al-mawsul جَوَاب الشَّرْط · jawab al-shart الْمَصْدَر الْمُؤَوَّل · al-masdar al-mu'awwal
Domain: Nahw · Category: Clause/structure · Frequency in the Qur'an: 3 · Source: ابن هشام, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali