Pronouns in Nominal Sentences

0:00 The language of Quran, easier than English, lesson 5, part 2. Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Allah, we are now reaching the end of lesson number 5. You have already learnt a significant amount of Arabic. If you go back and review the first four lessons, you have learnt already, Alhamdulillah, the basic rules of forming nominal sentences. You've learnt about the four properties of ism, and of course in this lesson we've now added by another 1370 words that occur in the Quran, which are pronouns, detached, rafa' pronouns.

0:32 We're going to learn in this lesson, insha'Allah, in this part of the video, we're going to learn how to form sentences very simply, using the 14 pronouns that we have learnt, and also some additional information about the pronouns, which will help you, insha'Allah, in your future studies. So please pay special attention, write your own notes down, insha'Allah, this will help you learn the main points of the lesson, as well as, of course, recall for later. So let's begin, with the blessed name of Allah Azza wa Jal, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim.

1:07 Just from our second lesson, lesson number 2, we started learning the basic rules of nominal sentences. Again, if you recall back to 2.8, we went through the basic rules, and that is, again, just as a reminder for you, that a nominal sentence begins with an ism, has two parts, the first part is called muqtada, and normally the khabar comes after, the second part is called khabar. And we can form sentences in Arabic with just two words, without the need for a verb.

1:39 Those are the basic rules that we refer to. And, of course, the muqtada, which we can see here, and khabar, in English, we would say, for example, that haamid is our subject, and this part is our predicate. And similarly, if we want to do a comparison with Arabic, we would say haamidun is our subject, and muallimun is our predicate.

2:05 So we have to have certain properties matching, and certain properties in a certain way, in order to make the sentence. Of course, this is just a review for you. The muqtada should be definite, and it must be rougher. Again, you can see that here, it is rougher. How do we know? Remember, haamidun. The tanween on the top tells us that it is rougher, because it will be haamidun, haamidan, haamidin.

2:31 Whereas the khabar, the predicate, should be indefinite, which we can see, muallimun, why is it indefinite? Because it is not a proper noun, it is not a pronoun, it doesn't fall into any of the seven categories, and, of course, could be any teacher. It's not specific. So it is indefinite, which we can see here.

2:50 And, of course, the khabar also needs to be marfu, or in the arab of rafa. That's it. As far as the rest is concerned, you match the gender, and you match the number. So if the subject is singular, the khabar is also singular. If it's dual, it's dual. If it's plural, it's plural. If it's masculine, it's masculine. If it's feminine, it's feminine. So that's the basic structure of a nominal sentence.

3:18 And I shared this diagram with you before to help you easily remember the four properties and how they interact in a nominal sentence. Please note, in other structures it will be different, so note this point, that the nominal sentence, definite, indefinite. Gender matching being the same, number matching and the arab both being rafa, marfu, or rafa in the arab of rafa.

3:42 And that's it. And using that knowledge, inshallah ta'ala, now we can form sentences using the pronouns. So in English we have two sentences, Hamid is a teacher, and I now want to say he is a teacher instead.

3:58 Of course we know already, and I've repeated so many times for you, that huwa means he, and huwa is a detached pronoun, and all detached pronouns are rafa. So it forms, or it gives us the quality of our muqtada, huwa muallimun, huwa muallimun, he is a teacher. Again, please review the four properties, and you will see, grammatically speaking, both sentences are exactly identical.

4:24 Hamidun muallimun, Hamid is a teacher, huwa muallimun, he is a teacher. Of course, if I wanted to say she is a teacher, I would say, hiya muallimatun, hiya muallimatun. If I wanted to say they are teachers, I would say, hum muallimuna, they are teachers.

4:46 Antum muallimuna, you are all teachers. So this is how you can use, alhamdulillah, this basic knowledge, to start forming 14 sentences, with any of these applicable nouns, or ism in Arabic. So you can use that, inshallah ta'ala, to do your own sentence, and your own practise. So again, let's quickly go through the 14 pronouns, that we learned, before, alhamdulillah, in part one, let's practise them, not only for revision, but also to further our studies. So we have, huwa, huma, hum. Hiya, huma, hunna.

5:24 Anta, antuma, antum. Anti, antuma, antunna. Ana, nahno. Ana, nahno. One more time, huwa, huma, hum. Hiya, huma, hunna. Anta, antuma, antum. Anti, antuma, antunna. Ana, nahno.

5:49 Again, this is my right hand, this is my left hand, as a reminder, just in case the camera plays around, and puts it the other way. So, it's again, a reminder for you, that how easy your brain is now associating, third person, second person, first person, singular, dual, plural, masculine, singular, dual, plural, feminine. So your brain's going to take care of all of that, provided you practise in the order that I've shown you, the 14, as well as using the hand signs.

6:16 Please make a note of the picture up, as a reminder, please remember these two points, that they are definite, and they are rougher. And that's all the 14, and of course I have got the numbers, of the time that they occur in the Quran, as a motivation for you, to learn these pronouns. So we're now going to start using these pronouns, Inshallah, and what we learned in the Muslim table.

6:37 In lesson 4.8, I gently reminded you, and I remind you again, the importance of learning the Muslim table. Why? Because it'll let you practise the singular, the dual, the plural, the masculine, the feminine, the conversion between them. And this is a big skill, Alhamdulillah, which we've learned in lesson number 2, where we added Al to the word, and removed Tanween.

7:00 Lesson number 3, where we learned how to make a masculine word, into feminine, and vice versa. And we learned in lesson 4, how to make a singular word, into dual, and plural, just by adding certain suffixes. Again, this is a session, of a review for all of us.

7:17 Let's quickly go through, how we would do that, with the word Muslim. So we know, we're using this word as a template only, but Inshallah, it will help us learn 18 words. And not only that, if we can memorise it, and reproduce it in writing, without looking, then it means that I can take other words, and do the same.

7:35 So let's start with the word Muslim. And again to make the dual, remember all we did was, And it is the same for both, as we went through in the lesson before. To make the plural, So sound masculine plural, we add the, ending. This you should be familiar with, Inshallah. Now let's look at the feminine version, to make the Muslim, into a female, as in a female Muslim. Muslim actually in Arabic, means a male Muslim person.

8:23 I would say, Again, I hope this is easy, of course when you read without the, vowel endings at the end, you pronounce this as, Again, let's make now the dual, all we do is, So all we did, was add the, Again please recall in lesson number 2, I told you all dual words in Arabic, will have these endings. So it doesn't matter what it is, If it has a dual, it will end with either, Now for the sound feminine plural, Please note, those that have Tanween, if we add al to it, the Tanween will go, and we are left with a single vowel. We learnt this in lesson number 2. So now Alhamdulillah, if you practise this well, you can make 18 words, actually make 36, if you add al to them.

9:34 So you can make 36 words, from any base word, that conforms to this table. So please, take my advice, and do make other, same table, with other words. Please redesign this table, if you have to, it is available in the book, but if you don't have the book, it's no problem.

9:51 Redesign this table, 6 across and 3 down, that will give you 18 words, and then Insha'Allah, you can make with the words, and thousands of other words, and this will give you a huge leap, in your understanding of Arabic. It's something I try to persuade, the students to do, because it will then completely, remove the confusion, between duals and plurals etc. The only plural you don't know yet, is the broken plural, which we will learn Insha'Allah, about from forthcoming lessons.

10:23 So please do take my advice, and do practise. Now that we've reviewed the 14 pronouns, we've learned how to use the Muslim table, Insha'Allah, if you have that knowledge, in your background, you can now start forming 14 sentences, with any noun, that conforms to the Muslim table, and there are thousands of them. We have two on the screen, that you can see, So let's start now, forming sentences, with the word, Again, as a reminder, it means a pious person.

10:52 So if I want to say, he is a pious person, I would simply match the number, and the gender, and of course, make it in rougher. Or, I want to say, they too. So who are Salihun, is he is pious.

11:13 They too, Muslim male, persons are pious. So I simply do, Again, you can see, very ani ending, I've added. Now for the plural, I would add the una ending, so I would have, I hope this is easy for you, and inshallah, you are actually writing it down. Then I want to say, she is pious. Again, you can see here, the matching of the gender. Now if I have two female, I want to say, they two female, are pious.

12:00 Again, you can see, all I've done, is converted to feminine, and then into dual. And again, I'm sure you remember it now, So now I've got six sentences, within a matter of seconds, and now I want to say, you, I'm talking to you, male person, Now here, if the person speaking, is a male, they will say, and if they're a female, they will say, Simple. So we'll stick with this one for now.

13:15 Okay, and if they're male persons, are speaking, whether they're two or four, if they're four, three or more I meant, if they will say, Of course if they're dual, they will say, and if they were female, I hope that is clear for you. So, is both for use for masculine and feminine. Now, please pay attention to the table, and please make sure, that you're practising, the formation of the changes, as well as the 14 pronouns.

13:51 If you take my advice, and use this word, and do the same thing, with the word Muslim, and the word, or the word, you will now have, practised, almost, 18, sorry, you would have done, 14 sentences for each one. So again, you can see, 14, 28, and so on. So your Arabic will accelerate. Please take my advice. Remember what I said many times before, I listen, I forget, I see, I remember, I practise, I learn, I teach, I master. So until you practise, you're not learning.

14:27 You watch my videos, may Allah bless you, for your kind comments, but you're not benefiting. Okay, you're listening to my words, Alhamdulillah, may Allah bless you, but again, learning hasn't started yet. Benefiting certainly, I'm benefiting, we're all benefiting by the grace of Allah, but when you practise, you learn.

14:43 And when you learn, you can pass that knowledge on to somebody else. So may Allah grant all of us Tawfiq, to be sincere in our learning, and practising what is required, until we start sharing that knowledge, for the benefit of the Ummah. Just to reiterate, what I meant earlier, so if I want to say, I am a believer, and the word for believer, we should already know, Mu'minun, I am a believer, I'm male, person, I would say, Ana Mu'minun.

15:13 If I was speaking as a female, I would say, Ana Mu'minatun. If two of us are speaking, we're both male, we say, Nahnu Mu'minani. If two of us were female speaking, we would say, Nahnu Mu'minatani.

15:28 If we're all in a group, three or more, three, four, five million, whatever, we want to say, we are believers, Nahnu Mu'minuna. And of course, feminine version, Nahnu Mu'minatun. So you can see here, Ana is used for both male and female, Nahnu is used for dual, and plural, as well as for masculine and feminine.

15:50 I hope that point is also obvious for you. One important point about the way we read Ana, now Ana is written with an extra alif at the end, which you can see here. So ideally, normally, you would read this as Ana. No, you read it as if it is written like so. Ana. Okay.

16:12 To avoid confusion in Arabic, the Ana is written in a special way, so that this does not confuse other words. We're not going to that at this stage. But just note in the Quran, Alhamdulillah, the Quran is very well marked for us, non-Arabic speakers, to be able to ensure that we do not read incorrectly.

16:29 So there is a circle, it looks like more of an elongated circle, on top of the alif, to remind you and me not to read this alif. So, that's how you read it. So this Ana is not elongated. Please make a note of that, Inshallah. I'm sure you probably know that from your Tajweed rules, but I wanted to make that very clear for you. So please pay attention to this reading of the word Ana.

16:55 Now we're going to look at a situation where we're going to slightly flex the rule that we've learned so far. We've learned that the Khabar is normally indefinite. That's what I've kept on saying so far. But there are occasions when the Khabar can also be definite. And so please pay attention to that. It is not a breaking of the rule, it is the way the structure of the language works.

17:14 So for example here, when I say, I am a student. Please note what's written on the top. That's a summary of the notes that you need. But you really don't need to write a lot down. Just write these sentences down and make sure in your head, you're clear what's going on. So again, there is no issue here. I'm sure you can all know that Ana is definite. And it's masculine in this case. And it's singular of course.

17:40 And it is Rafa. That is easy for you, Inshallah. Now we have Talibun, which means a student. So of course that is indefinite. And we have masculine. And we have singular. And we have Rafa. So we have al-Muqtada and Khabar. And the translation is, I am a student.

17:59 But what if I wanted to say, as it is in the case of Quran, That is perfectly correct in Arabic. Even though the word Muhammad is definite. This is, And Yusuf is a set of words that don't take Tanween. Just in case you were asking. So here, I am Yusuf. And this is from the Quran itself. I've taken this example. Ana, again you can see here, is definite. Masculine. Singular. Rafa. This is masculine.

18:33 Singular. And also Rafa. But, what we have here, brothers and sisters, is that we have the predicate is also definite. Alright? And this is allowed. When we have the pronoun, which is definite, we can have the subject, can also be a proper noun. Okay? Proper noun. Please note that. A proper noun, i.e., of course, name of a person, place, thing, etc. Ana Yusufu. I am Yusuf. Okay? I am Yusuf. Next we have, Again, I hope this is not difficult for us.

19:14 We know that Hua is definite. And Rafa, of course, masculine and singular. But, Al is also definite. And Rafa, masculine and singular. So, what we have here now, He is the teacher. So, this is another occasion, when the pronoun is the subject, we can have definite by Al, to be the predicate. Definite by Al. In this case, we have now two, which are both definite. I hope this is very clear for you, Inshallah.

19:47 And there is no confusion. So, with a pronoun, I can have a proper noun as definite. And I can also have a name that is being made definite by Al. So, I can say, Whatever the name is. That's perfectly correct. You are the teacher. Perfectly correct. You are the teacher. You are a teacher. You are the teacher. So, please make a note of these flexing of the rules. Just for you to be aware, we are journeying through.

20:25 So, we need to look at a few nuances here and there. And this is a very important one. So, quickly note the three sentences. I've removed the markings. So, I would like you to make the markings yourself. Just to put that into your head, that what we are learning and how the four properties are matching, etc. And where the changes are, and so on. So, please take this exercise, write it down in your book, and I've also given you the translation. I am a student.

20:50 I am Yusuf. He is a teacher. We've looked at earlier, where we can have more than one Khabar. Here, we are going to look at how when the pronoun is the subject, Muqtada, we can also have more than one Khabar. And it's quite commonly used in the Quran. So, I wanted to share this with you. So, here in the Quran, we find, So, you see now, Hua is our Muqtada, Khabar number one, and Khabar number two. So, again, very beautifully done. Alhamdulillah.

21:34 And you can see here, an example from the Quran. And we could do many, many more examples. But Inshallah, let's not make the video too long. So, Hua is all-hearing, all-knowing. Again, two Khabars. And it's following that change I've mentioned to you earlier.

21:52 Alhamdulillah, we are becoming familiar with the nominal sentence, the Jumla Ismiya. But there are some particles, or Huruf in Arabic, that we can add to sentences to make our sentences more elaborate, more complex, if you want to use that word. And we can also convert a sentence to a question very, very simply. So, I'm going to share these five with you now. And we will be doing more. But the reasons I've chosen them is that they are very frequently used in the Quran.

22:20 So, we have, Hua, Fa, Hal, A, Man. So, these are commonly used in the Quran and also in the Arabic language. Let's quickly go through these particles of Huruf, Harf in singular, that can be added to a nominal sentence. First, we're going to learn Hua. What I'd like you to do is pause the video and translate the following from Arabic to, from English to Arabic, please, in your notebook. Let me give you some basic instruction.

22:52 What we have first is they and you. So, for example, if I want to say he and she, I would say, Hua hi, he ya, she. Hua wa, he ya. You and I. Anta wa, ana. The second one is actually two sentences I have. Thamid is a student and Mariam is a teacher. I put and in between. The third I have, the house is big and beautiful. So, here I'm joining the two descriptions of the house.

23:22 The first one being big and the second one being beautiful. The word for beautiful, if you can't recall it, is Jameel. Big is Kabir. House you should know already, Bayt. Baytun. And then you put Al in front. Then we have, the mosque is old. Again, you should know that. Qadeem is for old and Jadeed is for new. The school is new. So, pause the video now and translate. I hope you've done the exercise.

23:51 Let's quickly go and translate for ourselves. They and you would be, Hum wa anta. Hum wa anta. Hum is they and anta is singular you. Remember, that's the one I'm looking for. There are six you's. So, that might have confused you. Thamidun talibun. Thamid is a student. Wa and Mariamu muallimatun. Please note the change. Muallimatun. Because it is feminine. The house is big. Al baytu kabirun. And wa jameelun. Wa jameelun. The house is big and beautiful. The mosque is old. Al masjidu qadeemun. Wal madrasatu jadeedatun.

24:42 Remember, madrasa is feminine. Jadeedatun. I hope you've written them down. And even if you made a mistake, it's an excellent opportunity. Because when you actually make a mistake and you note your mistake, you will not repeat it. But if you just did it in your head and didn't write it down, you will not remember for the next time. So, write it down. Make a mistake. Alhamdulillah, that's how we all learn.

25:02 Nobody's learned anything without making mistakes. The more mistakes you make, the more quicker you'll learn. Provided you learn from your mistakes. One more very important point. There are certain words in Arabic which are called joining, conjunction. They join two things together. One of them is wa. The other one is fa, which we'll look at soon. And then we have summa and a few others.

25:22 These are very commonly used in the Quran. What happens to them, whatever the a'rab of the part that they're joining, the part they have joined has the same a'rab and the properties. So, they copy each other. To illustrate that point, we will go back to the most famous sentence we've been learning so far. Remember? Ja'a haamidun. Ja'a haamidun. Ja'a muhammadun. Ja'a imamun. Ja'al imamu.

25:49 The imam came. That sentence structure. So, I want to say, instead of saying hamid came, I want to say hamid and zayd came. I saw hamid and zayd. I gave salam to both hamid and zayd. Okay? Pause the video. See if you can do it. So, if you have paused the video and done the exercise, let's quickly go through the first, the three of them. Ja'a haamidun wa zaydun.

26:30 Remember, the a'rab and the four properties needs to be copied. So, this one, okay, is our main, the part that we're joining. So, wa comes in the middle. So, this will copy the four properties onto the next. The next word will copy the four properties of the one before. So, if it's rafa, it's rafa. If it's singular, it's singular. If it's dual, it's dual. Plural, etc.

26:53 Next, we say, ra'aytu haamidun wa zaydun. I hope this is very clear for you. And salamtu ala, what have we got? haamidun wa zaydun. I hope this is very clear for you. So, conjunction copies the four properties of the word before and the word after follows. And this is the most important point to note.

27:17 Similarly to what we've seen with the descriptive phrase, where the mausoof was there and the sifa, one, two, three, four, all copied the four properties. So, this is very, very important, inshallah. Please note this point. As we go into more complex Arabic, we will be, of course, practising more. But I just wanted to share this with you now so that we can avoid confusion in the future. Next, we have fa, which is used in the Quran 2,900 plus times.

27:43 Fa joins two things together. It is a single-letter word. And as I mentioned many times to you before, single-letter words in Arabic are many. In English, we have two. We have I and A. These are the only two, one-letter word in the English language. In Arabic, we have fa, wa, a. We will see here many others. Ba, ta, ka, falam. These are all used as single words. So, there are quite a few words that are single-letter words.

28:09 The rule is that they're always written joined to the word that comes after. So, you will not see them written even though they're a word in their own right. They will not be written as a separate letter. They will be joined to the word that follows. Wa is exactly the same, but because wa does not allow something to be written after it, you actually don't note it. But here with fa, because fa allows things to be written next to it, you will see the connection, inshallah.

28:36 And with wa, what happens is that it's written next to the word without a space. And that's how you know that it is wa. And you need to learn, of course, how to distinguish it from the word itself. So, fa huwa muslimun. So, thus, he is a Muslim. So, fa is translated as so, thus, therefore, then. And it's important to note this then is a sequence. So, what do I mean by that? I went home, then I slept. So, it's a sequence.

29:05 One after the other. But fa gives it the meaning it happened immediately. Immediately, not in a distance. So, here we've got an example. Hamid, then Zaid came. It does not mean Hamid came this morning. Sorry, two weeks ago and Zaid coming tomorrow. It means Hamid came and immediately, straight away, Zaid came. So, that's what the meaning of fa is. It's an immediate action. Whereas, thumma, which you'll learn later, there's a delay. Whereas, this fa is immediate.

29:34 So, jaa'a haamidun fa zaidun. jaa'a haamidun fa zaidun. Please note this very important word. 2,900 times. As I mentioned many times to you, there are 600 pages in the Quran. So, if it's the standard Mus'haf, so what will you have? You'll see it three, four times. You know, five, six, seven times sometimes in a page. So, you need to pay attention to fa. There are two words which convert the Jumla Ismiya to a question.

30:04 Aa and Hal. Aa has been used 507 times and Hal 93 times in the Quran. All it does is very simple. You put it in front of a nominal sentence, it will become a question. So, if I want to say, he is a Muslim, very easy. You should know that now. Hua Muslimun. But if I put Aa in front, Aa Hua. Aa Hua Muslimun. Is he a Muslim? Naam. Yes. Hua Muslimun.

30:30 So, with Aa and Hal, the answer must be either yes or no. That is the type of question. Whereas, if I asked you, for example, how are you? You're not going to answer yes or no. What time is it? You're not going to say yes or no. You're going to give me the time or say, I'm sorry, I don't know. But there is no yes or no answer with those.

30:46 But these two, there is either yes or a no answer. So, these are particles of questioning where we are expecting a yes or a no answer. So, please again, pay attention to Aa. Again, it's a single letter word, which you can see, Insha Allah, and single letter words will always be written attached, attached to something afterwards. So, you need to pay attention to this Aa. Is it part of the word or is it separate? So, here you can see, Aa, Hua.

31:16 I put it together for you so that it's very obvious what's going on. Are you a teacher? And you can see now, see, Hal, Anta. So, Aa and Hal are used interchangeably. You can use either. For now, just you can use either. And of course, Hal is used 93 times in the Quran. Hal anta muallimun? Are you a teacher? La, no. Ana taalibun. I am a student.

31:41 So, you can see now, how to negate the question very simply. Let's do one more example. Halil masjidu kabirun? Is the mosque big? La, Hua sagheerun. No, it is small. Now, here one point I wanted you to note is that, I will note that I've changed Hal to Kasra. Why? Well, the reason for this is the meeting or the clash of two sukoons. And I went through this before. Iltiqa, the meeting of Sakineen. Iltiqa wa Sakineen, the meeting of two sukoons.

32:14 When they come together, you cannot read them in Arabic. Normally, what happens, the word that comes first takes a Kasra. If it's got a sukoon, it takes a Kasra. And in this case, it has. So, we have Halil masjidu kabirun. Is the mosque big? Please note that change. Hal and Hali is the same word. Only thing is, for reading purposes, we have changed the sukoon to a Kasra to allow, to overcome the meeting of two sukoons. Man is also a questioning word.

32:47 Man means who. Now, man can be used in other ways in Arabic, in Quran. It is also used as a relative pronoun very commonly. And we look at that, Inshallah ta'ala, in the last lesson of this book, lesson 15. But man means who. Who are you? That's the kind of way you will use it. And if I wanted to say, what is this? I would use in Arabic, ma. Okay, please note ma. Okay, that is again commonly used.

33:16 It's also used as a relative pronoun. So, we look at them later. But for now, let's take man into our knowledge base. So, who is he? Man huwa. Huwa imamun. He is an imam. Very simple, Inshallah. Who are you? Man anta. Man anta. Ana talibun. I'm a student. Man anta. Ana talibun. I'm a student. Who is the teacher? Who is the teacher? Man al muallimu. Again, please note, I've changed the man now to mani. The kasra, which you can see here, Inshallah. Okay, same reason.

33:55 The meeting of two sukoons. The clash of two sukoons. So, man becomes mani. Okay, man al muallimu. Who is the teacher? Okay, huwa al muallimu. He is the teacher. So, you come in a room. You're asking me, who's the teacher? I'm saying, he over there is the teacher. Man al muallimu. Huwa al muallimu. He is the teacher. Importance of detached pronouns in the Quran. I've already mentioned that 1370 times they're used. But these are the most common ones. Please note, it's huwa, hum.

34:24 And then over here, anta, antum, ana, nahnu. These are the most common. If you learn those, you'll accelerate. Again, one point I mentioned, they're detached. They're not written next to any particular word. However, if the word before is a single letter word, you will see them joined. So, fahuwa is not a new word. Sohi. Fahuwa, sohi. Fa is not one word. And huwa is another. So, it's not fahuwa as a word on its own.

34:50 It's two words. And you need to be able to recognise. Wa'ana is not a separate word. It's one single word. It's two words. And I. Wa'ana. And I. You can see again, wa is written next to ana. So, you can see here, this is the changes you will see. And they're very commonly used in this way in the Quran. So, here are a few examples I've picked from the Quran. Wa'antum. Seven times I found. Fa'anta. I found twice. So you. Fa'anta. So you. A'antum.

35:19 Please pay attention to that. There is two a there. First a is questioning. The second a is you all. A'antum. A'antum muslimoon. Are you all Muslims? So, again, I found seven occurrences. There are possibly more. And the next one is quite detailed. A'fa'anta. Again, I split it up for you to see. A'fa'anta. Again, it's not one single word. It's actually three different words. So, we have. A'fa'anta. And you can find it six times in the Quran. And wahum, very frequently used in the Quran.

35:52 136 times. So, please pay attention. Yes, they're detached. But if a single letter proceeds. Single letter word proceeds. It will be linked to it. And as we've seen in these examples. So, you need to be able to recognise the pronouns. And this way. And these are the areas where I got confused. At the beginning. So, I'm highlighting them for you. So that you don't have to trip over the same stones. That I tripped over. So, please note.

36:16 Insha'Allah ta'ala. These very important points. Alhamdulillah, brothers and sisters. We've reached the end of lesson number five. Alhamdulillah, we've reached a milestone. Let's practise the pronouns one more time. Huma. Hum. Hia. Huma. Hunna. Anta. Antuma. Antum. Anti. Antuma. Antunna. Ana. Nahnu. That's all you need to do. Please use your hands. Read it loudly. So, you can hear it yourself. Use the hand signs. Your brain will now take care of third person. Second person. Masculine.

36:49 Feminine. And all the other nonsensical terminology. That we have to go through. When we learn new languages. I found learning of pronouns very difficult. I used to forget them. I used to confuse them. But Alhamdulillah, Dr. Abdulaziz taught me this technique. And since then, I found it very easy. And I'm appealing to you again. To practise like this. By looking. Using your hand signs. In cycles of three. And then, writing it down from memory.

37:12 And then, Insha'Allah. Then you can do it completely from memory. Without having to look at anything. Or reproduce the 14 pronouns. Why is it important? Because in book two, we're going to learn verbs. And you will get confused. If you don't get these 14 pronouns. Third person. Second person. First person idea in your head. You will get confused. Every language works in different way. English works in one way. Arabic works in this way. So, it's 14 pronouns that you have to learn.

37:36 And again, I'm emphasising this. Lastly, brothers and sisters. I'm really grateful to all of you. For your kind comments. And your duas. And all these messages I'm receiving from places. I never thought I would get messages from. I've had messages from Malaysia. Bangladesh. Pakistan. India. Many countries in Africa. Gambia. And many, many places. That I never ever thought that I would connect with Muslims there. So, I'm really grateful to Allah, Azza wa Jal. For your positive feedback on these videos. But remember one thing.

38:04 The purpose is for you to learn. And I want to say to you, dear brothers and sisters. As an appeal to all of you. To help strengthen our Iman. Myself first. That if you make your intention. And you want to go towards Allah. You want Allah's mercy, for example. And you want to move towards Allah. You walk towards Allah. His mercy will come running towards you. If you want to learn Arabic. Only for the sake of Allah, Azza wa Jal. To learn. To understand His book.

38:32 To understand the message of the messenger. Allah will make that task easy for you. You have to believe this. Allah will make it easy. So, even if you have all the money in the world. Even if you have all the resources. But if Allah makes it easy for you. Then you don't need any money or any resources. You just need your time, your intention.

38:58 And you need to strive in Allah's cause. So, you have to make the first steps of walking. So, whether you learn from me or anyone else. It is really irrelevant. As long as you remember this message. It is Allah is going to make it easy for you and I. So, our job is to strive. Our job is to work hard. And as I keep on telling you. I listen, I forget, I see, I remember.

39:18 I practise, I learn. I teach, I master. Make the intention to learn. For the sake of Allah, Azza wa Jal. Alone. And so that you can understand the book of Allah. And some of the Hadith of our beloved Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And Allah will make it easy. Your task will become very, very easy. I never ever had the opportunity to study in an institute. Because I've been busy all my life. Trying to earn a living.

39:40 Trying to, you know, look after my family. Put a roof over their head. All these things that every human being, I'm sure. I find it may be a lot easier than many others. But we all struggle in the same way. Finding time. Disorganised. Laziness. All of these things have affected me as much as it affects all of us. So, what we need is a commitment to Allah, Azza wa Jal. And all you need, my brothers and sisters. Is to continuously strive and make Dua.

40:04 Trust me. By Allah, I swear. Allah, Azza wa Jal, in His infinite mercy. He will make it easy for you. Just make the intention. I hope and pray you're finding these videos of yours. And that is the intention I'm sending them out. Is for you to learn. And one day, Inshallah, you'll start teaching in your own local community. In your own languages. So, may Allah make it easy for you. But first, you need to learn.

40:26 So, please be patient with me. I am trying to do the videos with all the difficulties and challenges in life. But I'm grateful to all of you who are supporting and making Duas. Please, please follow my instructions carefully. And I will try to complete the first 15 lessons in this series very soon. And then we'll start with the verbs in Book 2. Alhamdulillah, brothers and sisters.

40:44 That's the end of the lesson. Jazakumullahu Khayran. May Allah, Subhanallah, bless you with the very best in this world and the hereafter. For your good intention for learning Arabic to understand Quran. Until the next lesson. Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu. Ameen.