حَرْف مُشَبَّه بِالْفِعْل
harf mushabbah bi-l-fi'l
Particle resembling a verb (inna & sisters)
Nahw · syntaxParticle typecore term
Also written: Inna wa Akhawatuha · Inna · Huruf Mushabbahah
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Particle resembling a verb (inna & sisters)
Classical definition
الحُرُوفُ المُشَبَّهَةُ بِالفِعْلِ هِيَ إِنَّ وَأَنَّ وَكَأَنَّ وَلَكِنَّ وَلَيْتَ وَلَعَلَّ، تَنْصِبُ الاسْمَ وَتَرْفَعُ الخَبَرَ.
(الآجرّومية)
Related terms
حَرْف جَرّ · harf jarr حَرْف عَطْف · harf 'atf حَرْف زَائِد · harf za'id حَرْف نَفْي · harf nafy
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From the free course The Language of Quran — Easier than English (Book 1) (LoQ1), taught by Ustad Muhammad Arjan Ali.

▶ L13-P1 · Inna — Particle of Emphasis and Nasab ▶ L13-P3 · Inna and Her Sisters — Inna wa Akhawatuha ▶ L13-P2 · Emphasis in the Jumlah Ismiyyah
Domain: Nahw · Category: Particle type · Frequency in the Qur'an: 0 · Source: الآجرّومية, cross-checked against the Quranic corpus · Reviewed by Ustad M. Arjan Ali