Maliki Yawmid Deen: Word-by-Word Grammar (Al-Fatihah 1:3–4)
Ayah Workshop 3 · Al-Fatihah 1:3–4 سُورَةُ الْفَاتِحَةِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ The Most Merciful, the Ever-Merciful, Master of the Day of Recompense. (Al-Fatihah 1:3–4) Two short ayahs, but no new sentence: both are still describing اللَّهِ from ayah 2. A sentence in the Qur'an can run on across the ayah numbers. Word by word (the first 2 of 4 notes) Words 1–2: الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ You met them in the Basmala (Workshop 1): root ر ح م, patterns فَعْلَان and فَعِيل. Here they are adjectives ( na't ) of اللَّهِ in "All praise belongs to Allah". That اللَّهِ is genitive after لِ, so they are genitive too, and end in kasra. Word 3: مَالِكِ (maaliki): "Master, Owner" The active participle ( ism al-faa'il ), "the one who does the action", of مَلَكَ يَمْلِكُ, "to own, to have power over". Root: م ل ك. Pattern: فَاعِل , like عَالِم "one who knows" and خَالِق "Creator". Another descriptio...