Grammar term · I'rab · i'rab
مَنْصُوب
mansub
Accusative state (nasb)
I'rab · i'rabI'rab statecore term12,112+ in the Qur'an
In one line
In the accusative state (nasb) — the case of the object, haal, tamyiz and more.
The classical list
الْمَنْصُوبَاتُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ، وَهِيَ: الْمَفْعُولُ بِهِ، وَالْمَصْدَرُ، وَظَرْفُ الزَّمَانِ وَظَرْفُ الْمَكَانِ، وَالْحَالُ، وَالتَّمْيِيزُ، وَالْمُسْتَثْنَى…
“The nasb-state words are fifteen, among them: the direct object, the masdar (absolute object), the adverbs of time and place, the hal, the tamyiz, and the excepted…”
(الآجرّومية)
Key words in the Arabic
الْمَفْعُول بِهِthe direct object
الْحَالthe state-descriptor — 'while…'
التَّمْيِيزthe specifier — 'in respect of…'
Understand it
Nasb marks the details of the event — what the action touched (maf'ul bih), how it happened (hal), in what respect (tamyiz), when and where (zarf). Its base marker is the fatha, with ا, ي, kasra and the dropped nun deputising in the special classes. If raf' names the principals, nasb fills in everything the action involves.
How to spot it
Recognition test
A fatha (or its substitutes ا / ي / كسرة / حذف النون) on the end signals nasb.
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