خَبَر
khabar
Predicate (khabar)
Nahw · syntaxSyntactic rolecore term8,206+ in the Qur'an
Also written: Mubtada · Khabar · Subject and predicate
In one line
The predicate — the part that completes the statement about the mubtada, in raf'.
Classical definition
الخَبَرُ هُوَ الاسْمُ المَرْفُوعُ المُسْنَدُ إِلَيْهِ.
(الآجرّومية)
What it is
The khabar is what you say about the subject. It carries raf' to agree with the mubtada, and may be a single word, a prepositional phrase, or a whole sentence.
How to spot it
Recognition test
In a nominal sentence, the piece that completes the meaning of the mubtada is the khabar.
In the Qur'an
وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Al-Baqarah 2:173 — “And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful”
غَفُورٌ is the khabar of the mubtada ٱللَّهُ, in raf'.
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