L09-P2

How the Harf of Jarr Functions in Sentences

The Murakkab Jarii in Jumlah Ismiyyah and Jumlah Fi`aliyyah

Learning Objectives
  • State the two grammatical reasons why a noun is in the jarr case in Arabic
  • Identify a murakkab jarii (prepositional phrase) in Quranic text
  • Explain how a murakkab jarii functions as the predicate (khabar) of a nominal sentence
  • Recognise and translate nominal sentences where the subject is indefinite and comes after the prepositional phrase
  • Distinguish between khabar muqaddam and mubtada' mu'akhkhar constructions
  • Identify examples of murakkab jarii in both verbal and nominal sentences from the Quran

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Introduction

By the end of Lessons 8 and 9 combined, students have encountered all eleven huruf of jarr used in the Quran — five single-letter particles covered in Lesson 8 (بِ، تَ، كَ، لِ، وَ) and six separable particles covered in Lesson 9 Part 1 (مِنْ، فِي، عَنْ، عَلَى، حَتَّى، إِلَى). These eleven words occur close to 13,000 times in the Quran.

This lesson moves from identification to application. The question now is not just "what is a harf of jarr?" but "how does a prepositional phrase (murakkab jarii) behave inside a complete Arabic sentence?" This knowledge unlocks the ability to read and understand Quranic sentences, not merely isolated words and phrases.

Two types of sentences are examined: the nominal sentence (جُمْلَةٌ اسْمِيَّة) where the prepositional phrase acts as the predicate, and the verbal sentence (جُمْلَةٌ فِعْلِيَّة) where it provides additional information about the action.

Lesson Notes

The Two Reasons a Noun Is in the Jarr Case

A noun (ism) is in the jarr (genitive) case for one of exactly two reasons: 1. It comes immediately after a harf of jarr. 2. It is the mudaf ilayhi — the second noun in an idafah (possessive/genitive) construct. There is no third reason.

This lesson focuses on reason one. Reason two — the mudaf ilayhi — is the subject of Lesson 10.

The Murakkab Jarii in a Verbal Sentence (Jumlah Fi`aliyyah)

A prepositional phrase can follow a verb and its subject to add information about the action — where it took place, to whom, from whom, and so on. This is its most natural use and closely mirrors the English preposition.

Examples from the lesson:

ArabicAnalysisTranslation
صَلَّيْتُ فِي الْبَيْتِverb (I prayed) + jar-majruurI prayed in the house
سَلَّمْتُ عَلَى الشَّيْخِverb (I greeted) + jar-majruurI greeted the shaykh

In both cases, the prepositional phrase (jar wa-majruur) follows the verb and enriches the meaning. Grammarians call this use a muta`alliq — something that "connects" or "attaches" to the verb.

The Murakkab Jarii as the Predicate of a Nominal Sentence

In a nominal sentence (jumlah ismiyyah), the prepositional phrase frequently occupies the slot of the predicate (khabar). It answers the question: where is something? or what is something's relation to something else?

A murakkab jarii (jar + majruur) can function as the khabar of a nominal sentence. It is technically called a shibhu jumlah — a quasi-sentence — because it contains a hidden verb of location. A murakkab jarii can NEVER be the mubtada' (subject) of a sentence.

Examples:

ArabicMubtada'Khabar (murakkab jarii)Translation
زَيْدٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِزَيْدٌ (Zayd)فِي الْمَسْجِدِ (in the mosque)Zayd is in the mosque.
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْاَلسَّلَامُ (peace)عَلَيْكُمْ (upon you)Peace be upon you.
هُوَ مِنْهُمْهُوَ (he)مِنْهُمْ (from them)He is from them.

The Inverted Sentence: Indefinite Subject After the Predicate

A critical feature of Arabic — one that causes significant confusion for English speakers — is the behaviour of nominal sentences when the subject is indefinite.

In English we say either "The imam is in the mosque" (definite subject) or "An imam is in the mosque" / "There is an imam in the mosque" (indefinite subject), and word order does not change. In Arabic, the word order changes dramatically.

When the subject (mubtada') of a nominal sentence is INDEFINITE, it must come AFTER the predicate. The predicate (jar + majruur) comes first. This is called khabar muqaddam (predicate brought forward). The indefinite subject follows. This is called mubtada' mu'akhkhar (subject delayed). A prepositional phrase can never be the mubtada' — even when it stands first in the sentence.

Comparison:

SentenceStructureTranslation
اَلْإِمَامُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِmubtada' (definite) + khabarThe imam is in the mosque.
فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِمَامٌkhabar muqaddam + mubtada' (indefinite)An imam is in the mosque. / There is an imam in the mosque.

When you see a prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence followed by an indefinite noun, the prepositional phrase is the predicate and the indefinite noun is the delayed subject.

Summary

This lesson established how the murakkab jarii functions at the sentence level:

  1. In a verbal sentence, the prepositional phrase follows the verb and adds information about the circumstance of the action (place, direction, person addressed, etc.).
  1. In a nominal sentence, the prepositional phrase typically occupies the position of the predicate (khabar). The subject (mubtada') is definite and comes first in the normal order.
  1. When the subject is indefinite, Arabic inverts the normal order: the predicate (jar + majruur) comes first — called khabar muqaddam — and the indefinite subject is delayed to the end — called mubtada' mu'akhkhar. The English translations "there is..." or "an X is..." signal this construction.
  1. A murakkab jarii can never be the mubtada' of a sentence, regardless of its position.

Alongside the idafah to be covered in Lesson 10, the murakkab jarii is one of the two complete reasons why a noun is in the jarr case. Every student who can identify both, and translate them correctly, possesses a major key to Quranic comprehension.

Terminology Reference

ArabicTransliterationMeaningType
مُرَكَّبٌ جَارِّيٌّmurakkab jariiprepositional phrase — a harf of jarr together with the noun or pronoun it governsISM
جَارٌّ وَمَجْرُورٌjaarr wa-majruurthe preposition and its governed noun — the two components of a prepositional phraseISM
خَبَرٌkhabarpredicate — the second element of a nominal sentence, telling us something about the subjectISM
مُبْتَدَأٌmubtada'subject — the first element of a nominal sentenceISM
خَبَرٌ مُقَدَّمٌkhabar muqaddama predicate that is brought forward to the beginning of the sentenceISM
مُبْتَدَأٌ مُؤَخَّرٌmubtada' mu'akhkhara subject that is delayed to come after the predicateISM
شِبْهُ جُمْلَةٍshibhu jumlahquasi-sentence — a prepositional or adverbial phrase functioning in the place of a predicateISM
جُمْلَةٌ اسْمِيَّةٌjumlah ismiyyahnominal sentence — a sentence beginning with a noun (subject + predicate structure)ISM
جُمْلَةٌ فِعْلِيَّةٌjumlah fi`aliyyahverbal sentence — a sentence beginning with a verbISM
نَكِرَةٌnakirahindefinite noun — a noun without a definite article or other means of definitenessISM

Linked Arabic terms open their full entry in the Arabic Grammar Glossary.

📖 Grammar glossary. Every grammar term in this lesson is defined in the Arabic Grammar Glossary — 193 vocalised terms, searchable in Arabic, any transliteration, or the English meaning.

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0:00 The language of Quran, easier than English, lesson number 9, part 2. Asalaamu Alaikum, welcome to lesson number 9, part 2. Alhamdulillah, so far in lesson number 8 and 9, we introduced ourselves to the Huruf of Jarb and Alhamdulillah we had a very detailed look. We split them into two groups. The first group being the single letter, five of them, Ba, Ta, Kaaf, Laam, Waa.

0:24 Please refer back to lesson number 8, where these were covered in detail and all that you need to know about them, insha'Allah, have been given to you as far as your Quranic Arabic study is concerned. In lesson number 9, which was the previous video, we looked at the remaining six. That is Min, Fi, An, Ala, Hatta, Ila.

0:43 Please note, there are 17 Huruf of Jarb in Arabic, 11 of them are used in the Quran almost 13,000 times. As you know already, I have shared this information with you many times, that in the Quran the standard Mus'haf, the print, there are, standard one has 15 lines per page, almost 600 pages, 600 times 15 will give you 9,000 lines. That means you will see at least one, if not two on the average, in every line of Quran.

1:13 So it's a very, very important topic, as I said right from the beginning, insha'Allah Ta'ala, by the end of lesson number 9, you and I should be able to recognise something in every line of Quran. So a huge achievement if you've been following the lessons consistently and doing the exercises that I've asked you to do. So again, do not lose hope insha'Allah, keep on practising, keep on learning.

1:37 It is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala who has made it easy for us to learn Arabic, to understand Quran. So let us begin now, in the part 2 of lesson 9, first of all, by starting in the blessed name of Allah, Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, and making the dua, Rabbi zidni ilma, O my Lord, increase me in knowledge. Alhamdulillah, when we began our journey, we looked at the subject of I'arabas.

2:02 You remember, I said that every ism has four properties. The most unique one as far as English speaking students are concerned is I'arab, and we're going to look at it in detail because that is a secret to learning, especially learning and understanding Quran, especially when it comes to the ism. Now we know so far about it, Alhamdulillah, that there are only three, either it will be grafa, nasab or jarr, either marfu, mansub or majroor, only three.

2:28 And now we know after lesson number 9, one of the reasons why an ism will be jarr, and that is if it comes after a harf of jarr. Remember, there are only two grammatical reasons, two grammatical reasons, the role that it plays when it will become majroor or in jarr. One is when it comes after a harf of jarr, and we have looked at that in detail.

2:53 And insha'Allah, lesson number 9 and 10, we're going to look at when it is mudaf ilayhi. What do we mean by mudaf ilayhi? So this is what we're going to look at in lesson number 10, which is coming insha'Allah after this lesson. The other, rafa, we're already familiar with subject, predicate and the doer of the verb.

3:11 An object so far, mansub, is only one we know, there are others. Of course, we will learn them as we progress. So please keep this sheet in mind, it's been shared with you before. This has a summary as we are progressing the subject of A'arab. And again, as a summary, please note that there are only two reasons why an ism will be majroor. One, when it comes after a harf of jarr, and number two, when it's mudaf ilayhi.

3:34 So here are the 17 huruf of jarr, and of course, we're only looking at the ones that are used in the Quran. But please note, they all behave grammatically exactly the same. Some of them are very rarely used, you will not come across others. You will come in hadith and other Arabic literature that you study. So if you learn even one of them, everything else will be exactly the same. So don't be worried that you haven't learned all of them, there's absolutely no need.

3:59 If you learn one or two of them, it's more than enough. But I've given you every single one of them that occur in the Quran. So we covered them in lesson number eight. And of course, we're covering them in lesson number nine. And these are the six. Please memorise them.

4:12 ba, ta, kaf, lam, wa, that's your five single letter ones, min, fi, an, ala, hatta, ila. If you repeat it a couple of times, if you write it down a couple of times, you'll remember them for the rest of your life. And in every line of Quran, all you need to do is look out for these.

4:27 And of course, the difference you will see, sometimes they're connected to a pronoun, sometimes they're connected to an ism. And this is what you need to recognise. Otherwise, it is relatively easy, inshallah, to recognise almost 13,000 words of Al-Quran.

4:41 As I mentioned to you many times before, the secret to learning Arabic, it is not really learning endless list of words. Alhamdulillah, Quran has 78,000 words, out of which many of them are repeated. If you just learn 125 of them, those are repeated almost 53,000 times in the Quran.

4:59 50,000 times in the Quran, that's more than 50% of the words of Al-Quran. Here I've given you a list which I've called my priceless gems. And here, of course, you have category 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are verbs which we pick up in book number 2. But here if you look at list number, the list number we have here, which are the huroof of jar, listed in number 6, you will see these are the ones almost 13,000 times in the Quran.

5:27 So it is not the vocabulary that is stopping us understanding the Quran. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has made it easy. All we need is to learn the basic rules of how these vocabulary are used.

5:36 Otherwise, learning words and their meaning, if we don't know how they are put together, we will not be able to understand them in context. So in summary, Quran has 114 surahs, it has 6,236 ayat, 600 pages, 15 lines per page, almost 9,000 lines in the standard mushaf, the one used by the hufadh. And of course, we have 9 words per line on the average.

6:01 On the average, we get about 78,000 words in Al-Quran, 78,000 words. So 120 of them are repeated in the Quran 39,160 times. That's your 50% of the words of Al-Quran, just from 120 words. So words are not your challenge. In this book, I cover 439, which are, of course, used in the Quran 44,603 times. And that is almost 57% of the words of Al-Quran.

6:28 So I repeat to you, it is not your challenge to buy lots of books with lots of words in it. What your challenge is, is to learn the basic grammar rules on how these words are put together. So Allah Subhanallah is the one who has made it easy.

6:42 All we need is to put the efforts in to be able to learn the basic rules of the Arabic language. And again, another very important learning tip, how am I going to remember ba, ta, ka, flam, wa and what they mean, especially when wa is used so many different ways in Arabic. So here is your tip.

6:59 I've gone through this again. I'm not going to read the whole list, but please make a note of these. So ba, a'udhu billahi, I seek refuge in Allah or with Allah. Tallahi, by Allah. Ka asfim ma'kulim, like chewed up straw. So the ka is like, and of course, Alhamdulillah. OK, all praise and thanks are for Allah. And wal'asri, by the fleeting time or by time. So you can see here, ba, ta, ka, flam, wa.

7:26 If you write them down once along with these examples, you'll retain them longer. So try not to learn words on their own in isolation by completely repeating them again and again. Put them in context of some ayah or some words or some phrases that you already know. And that will help. If you do not know the phrase, of course, you memorise it. And that's the way to remember vocabulary, the easiest way, insha'Allah ta'ala.

7:48 And then, of course, we have min, a'udhu billahi, min ash-shaytaan ir-rajim. You have again the min there, fee sabeelillah, in the path of Allah. Radhiallahu anhu, may Allah be pleased with him. As-salamu alaykum, peace be upon you. Salamun hiya hatta matula'il fajr, hatta here means until. And fafirru ilallah, flee to Allah.

8:14 So flee to Allah. So you can see here, Alhamdulillah, they're not that difficult to memorise permanently. All I ask you to do is please note the number of times they're used in the Quran and you will be able to see the importance and the significance they play. In the language. The other important thing to note about the huruf of jar, I've already gone through in detail, is the number of them attached to pronouns or attached to pronouns. Some of them don't.

8:38 I've gone through all of them with you that do. And I've also shared the table with you here. I'm going to give you a summary so you can start practising, insha'Allah ta'ala.

8:45 Again, please note, bi, billahi, as an example, it can attach to an ism or it can come next to an ism and we end up with a'udhu billahi, which is made out of two words. And of course, it becomes written like so, as you can see. That is your muraqab jari, jarun wa majroorun coming together.

9:04 Then we also have bi when it attaches to a pronoun. Please note huwa. It cannot be huwa because the bi will force the ism after to be jar. Huwa is not jar. It can only be rafa or marfoor. So what do we do here? We use the attached pronouns. So we have bihi, bihi. So that's your harf of jar and that is your ism majroor. Remember, pronouns are a category of ism in Arabic.

9:30 And this is the way you will avoid confusion, insha'Allah ta'ala, if you learn in this structured way. So bihi is a muraqab jari, just like billahi is a muraqab jari. The difference with bihi is that the hi bit is a pronoun. So remember, they go to isms and they also go to pronouns. Now, let's look at the chart and please memorise this chart. I cannot emphasise the importance of it. So let's do it one more time, insha'Allah, for practise. bihi, bihimaa, bihim. bihaa, bihimaa, bihimnaa.

10:01 bikaa, bikumaa, bikum. biki, bikumaa, bikunnaa. bii, binaa. Exactly as we practised. I'm going through this again in detail in lesson number eight. Here is only as a reminder, a summary for you to practise, insha'Allah ta'ala, and memorise.

10:19 Please make sure you are able to read these charts from memory and you're able to write them from memory. OK, this will be one of the biggest investment you'll make in your Arabic study, along with the Muslim table that I asked you to learn in lesson number four. So very, very important lessons, insha'Allah. Please do the same with all the other tables that I'm sharing with you. Now we have la or li. Remember la when it is attached to a pronoun.

10:48 Li, when it's attached to a standard ism. For example, alhamdu lillahi. Whereas when it's attached to a pronoun, it becomes lihu, it's lahu. So let's practise these, insha'Allah ta'ala. Lahu, lahumaa, lahum. Laha, lahumaa, lahunna. Laka, lakumaa, lakum. Laki, lakumaa, lakunna. Li, lanaa, li, lanaa. Please note with the yaa mutakallim, which is the first person here for me or my, it is li, because that yaa always prefers a kasra before. Otherwise, the rest are la. Memorise this chart, insha'Allah, 2541 times in the Quran.

11:31 Next, we have min, one of the most commonly used words of Al-Quran. So let's quickly practise with pronouns. Minhu, minhumaa, minhum. Minha, minhumaa, minhunna. Minka, minkumaa, minkum. Minki, minkumaa, minkunna. Minni, minnaa, minni, minnaa. Again, please make a note of these. They have been shared with you in the lesson. Alhamdulillah, memorise this chart also. Next, we have fee, basic meaning in, at, etc. Let's quickly go through them, insha'Allah. Feehi, feehimaa, feehim. Feeha, feehimaa, feehinna. Feeka, feekumaa, feekum.

12:19 Peeki, feekumaa, feekunna. Feeya, feeinaa, feeya, feeinaa. Again, please note, we've been through this a couple of times, insha'Allah. Why is feeya? Because there's a yaa at the end of fee, and of course, the yaa of the first person. So this is the change that you will note here. Again, go back to the lesson for full review. Please master this table. Next, we have an with pronouns. Anhu, anhumaa, anhum. Anha, anhumaa, anhunna. Anka, ankumaa, ankum. Anki, ankumaa, ankunna.

12:53 Anni, annaa. Remember this one? Radiyallahu, anhu for one companion, anhumaa, anhum, and anhaa for a female companion. Alhamdulillah, insha'Allah, from today, we will not make mistakes when using the title after a single companion, two companion, three or more, masculine or female. Alhamdulillah, you will be able to get this right. Alaa is used 1445 times in the Quran, significant number of times with the attached pronouns. Alayhi, alayhima, alayhim. Alayha, alayhima, alayhinna. Alayka, alaykuma, alaykum. Alayki, alaykuma, alaykunna.

13:42 Alayya, alaynaa. Alayya, alaynaa. Very important chart, of course, the easy way to remember it. Assalamu alaykum. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you all. So you can see here, alaykum, a quick learning tip, insha'Allah. Ilaa, meaning to, towards, till, etc. 742 times in the Quran. Let's quickly practise. Ilayhi, ilayhima, ilayhim. Ilayha, ilayhima, ilayhinna. Ilayka, ilaykuma, ilaykum. Ilayki, ilaykuma, ilaykunna. Ilayya, ilaynaa. Alhamdulillah, these are the huruf which are with the attached pronouns.

14:28 The ones I have not listed in this session do not attach to pronouns. These charts, you must master, be able to read them from memory, be able to recognise them instantly and reproduce them on a blank sheet of paper from memory. Once you've done that, Alhamdulillah, you have made a huge, huge leap in your learning of Arabic.

14:50 Insha'Allah, I'll prove that to you as when we start looking at ayat of Quran, but you don't need to wait for me. Please open up any page of the Quran and look at any line and see how many attached pronouns you can recognise. And you will see, insha'Allah, around 9,000 times attached pronouns.

15:08 Of course, they attach to huruf of jar, they attach to other things. Also, this is now the start level of a study of a very important component of Arabic, which are the attached pronouns. Muraqab jari in sentences. Now we're going to learn how they are used in sentences. Of course, this is very, very basic level. Muraqab jari will play a very important role when we go to the intermediate and advanced level.

15:35 You will see they are very powerful. The huruf of jar can actually alter the meaning of a verb and they play a very important linking role in almost all the sentences in which they're used. So very important. They are used in Jumla Ismiya, they're also used in Jumla Fi'aliya. So again, this is only an introductory session, but please note the following points. And of course, with examples, you will learn their uses, insha'Allah.

16:01 This sentence, you should be able to translate and I hope and pray you can make sense of it already. So we have now salamtu. Salamtu means I gave salam. Okay, ala shaykhi, upon the shaykh or to the shaykh. Here, of course, we have our salamtu, which is a combination of a verb and the doer. So the verb is there, fi'alun, and the doer is ana.

16:24 So this tu represents I. Insha'Allah, we'll learn that in Book 2, but for now, just make a note. Salamtu, I gave salam or I greeted. And then what do we have after that? Ala shaykhi, now this is actually a special term in Arabic for this part of grammar. It is called muta'alik, something that connects. We'll leave that for later, insha'Allah. We have a jar, majroor, being used in a Jumla Fi'aliyya.

16:48 Why Jumla Fi'aliyya? Because it is beginning with a verb. And again, it's playing a very, very important role in this sentence. So muraqab jar, you'll see, very commonly used with verbal sentences or with verbs. So I gave salam to the shaykh. So again, here is another example of the same structure, as you can see. Sallaytu, I prayed. The tu means I. Sallaytu, I prayed, fi'al bayti, in the house. I prayed in the house. I prayed in the house.

17:21 Exactly another example of muraqab jar being used with a verbal sentence. On the screen, we have three nominal sentences, Jumla Ismiya. The first one, Zaydun fil masjdi. I think you can work that one out. So Zaydun is going to be Zayd is in the mosque. Zayd is in the mosque. Number two, Assalamu alaikum. Again, you know the meaning of that. I don't need to go through again. Assalamu alaikum. And then we said, Hua minhum. Translation, he is from them.

18:03 Minhum, from them. So what is going on here? You can see exactly the same structure. Zaydun is my subject. And then jar majroor, fil masjidi, is going to come together. This is going to be Zaydun as a mubtada. And fil masjidi is going to be my khabar. Shibu Jumla for khabar, don't worry about the terminology for now. So we have now mubtada and our khabar subject and our predicate. So here, the jar majroor, muraqab jar, is coming as a predicate of our sentence.

18:35 And the second example is exactly the same. We have Assalamu, which is our mubtada. Alaikum, jar majroor, is our khabar. So we have combined together, we have our jumla, ismiya. Hua minhum. Hua is our mubtada, I think you can work that out. And minhum is our jar majroor and muraqab jari, which acts like in the place of khabar. And we end up with another nominal sentence. So in nominal sentences, the jar majroor can act as a or be in the place of khabar.

19:10 It has a technical name called Shibu Jumla. And it is connected to a hidden khabar, they call it. But again, we'll deal with that in advanced lessons. So this is how they're used. And you see them many, many times being used with nominal sentences. Take a few examples here now, Inshallah, of sentences. Mariamu, Mariam. Mim, or Mim if you read it together, Mim Misra is from Egypt. Zalika minhum, that is from them.

19:41 Hua minallah, it is from Allah. So you can see here three more examples of exactly the same principle. Of course, we can use the other huruf of jar also. Haga lit talibi, this is for the student. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. Now we know the meaning of that. All praises and thanks are due to Allah, belongs to Allah, etc. Alqalamu alal maqtabi, the pen is on the table. And then we have al imamu fil masjidi, the imam is in the mosque.

20:16 So you can see here different examples of muktada and khabar. Where the khabar is, the slot of the khabar is covered by a huruf of jar and an ism majroor. Some quick examples from the Quran to show you what you're learning is relevant and is important. First of all, let's quickly look at the first part. Inshallah, I hope this is not proving of any challenge to you. To note that this is your huruf of jar and this is, of course, is in jar status.

20:49 Because the min is forcing that to be in jar. Please note al harami is the copy of the four properties of al masjidi. Why? Because the sifah, the adjective will copy the four properties of the mawsuf. We've been through this many times. I hope this is just a revision. So min al masjidi al haram, the first part is huruf of jar and this is your majroor. Okay, ism majroor. Sorry, it's difficult to write here. Ism majroor, they're combined together make your murakab jari.

21:21 Again, you can see here min al masjidi al harami towards or from the holy mosque or secured mosque. And then what? Sacred mosque. To ilal masjid al aqsa. Okay, aqsa also means the furthest mosque. So ilal masjid al aqsa to the al aqsa mosque. And you can see here aqsa is not changing at the end. Why? Because of the alif mak surah at the end. Revision of everything you've done so far. I hope so.

21:50 Inshallah, very clear. In example number one, we have two murakab jari. And of course, the haruf of jar impacts the ism majroor. Ism majroor is your mawsoof. And the sifah follows the four properties in both cases. So again, we have another haruf of jar here. And this is your noun being described in two lines underneath. And this is the description. So very easy, inshallah. Ila siratim mustaqimin. Again, exactly the same principle. Ila is your haruf of jar.

22:26 To the straight path or to a straight path. Anil fa'asha'i wal munkari. The waw is the addition, joining the two parts together. So again, and forbids all that is shameful and evil. I hope you can now see the use of haruf of jar, inshallah ta'ala, and how it's impacting. So this part, apart from the vocabulary, should not cause you a major concern.

22:51 One very important point about the haruf of jar. Please note, when they come with an ism majroor, they make, of course, a component of a sentence. But they can never be mubtada. Please note, they can be in the place of khabar, but they never be mubtada. So in this case, we have al imamu fil masjidi. We had this sentence before. The imam is in the mosque. This is fine, this is our standard sentence. Where the subject is definite.

23:19 And of course, we have the khabar fil masjidi. So we have our mubtada, which is definite, as you can see, in rafa. And fil masjidi, as our jar and majroor coming together, making our khabar. Simple. However, please note, if the subject is indefinite, I repeat, if the subject is indefinite, i.e. not definite, as we have in this case, al imamu, then something amazing happens in Arabic, or something different happens in Arabic. What happens? I want to say an imam is in the mosque.

23:52 I don't say the imam. I want to say an imam. Meaning the mosque has four or five imams. One of them is in the mosque. An imam is in the mosque. How do I translate that into Arabic? I have to put the word imam at the end. So please note, if the mubtada is indefinite, which you can tell from the English translation, that the subject is an imam. The subject is an imam, not the imam. In this case, the subject will go at the end.

24:23 Please note that. This is something new we haven't learned before. So we have fil masjidi, imamun. There is an imam in the mosque, or an imam is in the mosque. So we have jaar majroor coming together at the beginning of the sentence, and it is called khabar muqaddam, khabar coming first, and imamun will be our mubtada, muakhar, mubtada, coming delayed. It's a bit technical.

24:48 Some people get a lot of confusion over it. Always remember this very important point. If the subject is indefinite, and we can have indefinite subjects, I did hint to you at the beginning, then this is one of the cases where the subject will come after the harf of jaar and ism majroor.

25:06 Harf of jaar and ism majroor, the subject will come after, and in English you can translate it as an imam is in the mosque, or there is an imam in the mosque, whichever way it suits in the context. So please note, if you see a harf of jaar and ism majroor at the beginning of the sentence, it cannot be mubtada. It can be something else, but it can never be mubtada.

25:31 Harf of jaar and ism majroor can never be mubtada, even if a sentence begins with it. So after that you look out for an indefinite ism, then of course this is the structure. There are other structures. We'll pick them up later. This is a bit confusing. A lot of people get confused on this one, but please note it down for now. I'll repeat for just simplicity inshallah. Normal sentence structure is mubtada first, khabar after. Mubtada normally definite, and of course has to be rafa.

26:00 If the mubtada for some reason is indefinite, it will still be rafa, but it will come at the end, and in the beginning will be your jaar majroor. So again, if the predicate is jaar majroor, the subject is an indefinite ism, it will come after the jaar majroor. And this is the wording changes around, but in English, of course, you translate according to the rules of the English language.

26:26 Don't worry about the terminology I've given you at this stage. You don't need to memorise them. Just have this idea that this is how they work in Jumla Ismiya. So some examples from the Quran. In them two, meaning in these two are fruits. Now fruits are any fruits, not specific fruits. So again, if you can see here, in them two, remember? in them two, is indefinite. It's coming after. I hope this is making sense inshallah ta'ala.

26:59 Let's look at the next one. which is singular. So something feminine. And then, Again, I hope you can see. is a indefinite. is the word we are interested in. And it is coming after. And the meaning is, in it there shall be a flowing spring. Not a specific flowing spring. A flowing spring. Meaning there could be others, but this is in it will be a flowing spring. Then we again exactly the same thing.

27:43 Again, I'm sure you know the surah. And couches raised high. So the description of the couches is that they are raised high. Again, they are coming after. Feeha is coming first. Because of the rule that I mentioned earlier. And you can see here, a severe punishment is a descriptive phrase. Indefinite. Therefore it is coming after. For them is a severe punishment. This is a bit more detailed than all that we've covered so far. If you write it down a couple of times.

28:26 And look out for them in the Quran inshallah ta'ala. You'll never forget them. But that's the way the Arabic language works. It's slightly different than what we have seen in the English language. So please note these examples. And I do strongly recommend you write them down. You can buy yourself one of those white boards. You know the dry wipe type. And write, wipe it, write, again wipe it.

28:45 And this is the one way of learning inshallah. You can look at it a couple of times. Wipe, dry, wipe, etc. You can do that also inshallah. So please do. This is the easiest and the quickest way to learn. Is through examples. Please note the simple principle. Muqtada comes first as in example one. And the khabar comes after. The khabar here of course is fil masjidi. Meaning in the mosque.

29:08 However, when we want to say an imam is in the mosque as opposed to the imam is in the mosque, imam is now indefinite. So we cannot say imamun fil masjidi. We say in Arabic fil masjidi imamun. So the imamun is still our subject even though it's coming at the end. And fil masjidi is our khabar even though it is coming at the beginning. So again, jar majroor can never be the subject of a sentence.

29:38 So if you remember that inshallah, it will avoid the confusion. And of course, we label it slightly differently. We say khabar muqaddam and we say muqtada muakkhar. All it means is khabar coming first and muqtada coming after. That's all you need to remember inshallah ta'ala. A short video just to introduce the practical use of huruf of jar.

30:02 I hope inshallah you found it beneficial. And the last series I went through this bit relatively quickly and people were confused and were asking me a lot of questions about it. But of course, there's no point learning huruf of jar with an ism majroor if you cannot put it into context.

30:16 So that is why at this early stage, I'm showing you that they will be in jumlah fa'aliyah. They will be in jumlah ismiyah. In jumlah ismiyah, we have this little quirk where the indefinite subject will come after.

30:30 That's the only thing you need to remember for now. Jumlah fa'aliyah, of course, they will play an important role and in the whole sentence structure and in all the terminologies and technicalities of sentences, huruf of jar will play a very, very important role. And that is why if we get them early, we can inshallah ta'ala, through practise, learn all the different uses in more detail.

30:53 But alhamdulillah, in this video and in this lesson number 9, I've shared with you the most important points about them. And of course, once we've learned verbs, we will see how they impact on verbs also. Again, Jazakumullahu khayran for watching the video and your patience.

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31:30 I ask Allah azza wa jal to bless you, every one of you who is making this attempt to learn Arabic, to understand the Quran. Remember, it is not about my video. It's got nothing to do with me. Your relationship with Allah is your personal relationship. And therefore, I hope and pray what I'm doing is helping you build that relationship a little bit stronger. And of course, I'm praying for myself also.

31:50 I also need to be closer and closer to Allah azza wa jal. So my dua for all of you, there are thousands and thousands of you alhamdulillah around the world watching the videos, benefiting from the many of you messaging me. I'm really, I'm grateful.

32:02 I don't know how to thank you all except to make dua for you. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless us all with a better and better understanding of Quran and Arabic to understand Quran. And may Allah grant some of us tawfiq in whatever way or most of us, if not, I would say all of us to contribute to the learning and the teaching of Quran. Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu Until the next video, I'll see you soon inshallah. Al Fatiha.

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