الْجُمْلَة الِاسْمِيَّة
al-jumla al-ismiyya
Nominal sentence
Nahw · syntaxClause/structurecore term2+ in the Qur'an
Also written: Nominal sentence · Jumla Ismiyya · Ismiyyah
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Nominal sentence
Classical definition
الجُمْلَةُ الاسْمِيَّةُ مَا صُدِّرَتْ بِاسْمٍ، وَتَتَكَوَّنُ مِنَ المُبْتَدَأِ وَالخَبَرِ.
(ابن هشام)
What it is
Arabic can build a complete sentence from two nouns and no verb at all — the nominal sentence. The first part, the mubtada, is what you are talking about; the second, the khabar, is what you say about it, and both sit in the rafa' state. “Allah is one” needs no word for “is” — the two nouns placed side by side are the whole sentence.
Related terms
شِبْه الْجُمْلَة · shibh al-jumla
صِلَة الْمَوْصُول · silat al-mawsul
جَوَاب الشَّرْط · jawab al-shart
الْمَصْدَر الْمُؤَوَّل · al-masdar al-mu'awwal
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