خَبَر إِنَّ
khabar inna
Predicate of inna & sisters
Nahw · syntaxSyntactic rolecore term21+ in the Qur'an
Also written: Inna wa Akhawatuha · Inna · Huruf Mushabbahah
In one line
The predicate of inna and her sisters — stays in raf'.
Classical definition
إِنَّ وَأَخَوَاتُهَا تَنْصِبُ الاسْمَ وَتَرْفَعُ الخَبَرَ.
(الآجرّومية)
What it is
When إِنَّ and her sisters enter a nominal sentence, the predicate — the khabar — keeps its rafa' ending while the subject is put into nasb. So in إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ, the word غَفُورٌ is the khabar of إِنَّ, still in rafa'.
How to spot it
Recognition test
After إنّ and her sisters, the predicate that keeps raf' is the khabar inna.
In the Qur'an
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Al-Baqarah 2:173 — “Indeed Allah is Forgiving, Merciful”
غَفُورٌ is the khabar of إنّ, in raf'.
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