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9.0/9.1/9.2 - Particles/Inactive Particles/Active Particles

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  Section 9.0 - Particles حُرُوْفٌ ( hu-roof-un ) are of two kinds:   -         First kind is the one which does not change the state of the word that comes after it and is called a non-active Particle. -         Second kind is a Particle that causes the word/words after it to change its state to nominative ( رَفْعٌ raf-un ) accusative ( نَصْبٌ nas-bun ). Genitive ( جَرٌّ jar-run ) or jussive ( جَزْمٌ jaz-mun ) / or lightening of e’raab . These are called Active Particles.  
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9/10.1/10.2/10.3/10.4 - Incomplete Verbs/Kana wa akhawatuha/Kana-Yakoonu/Laisa Inflections

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  Section 10.1 –Incomplete Verbs أَفْعَالُ النَّاقِصَةِ af-aal-un naaqi-sa-ti   Incomplete Verbs الأَفْعَاْلُ النَّاْقِصَةُ al- af-aal-un  naaqi-sa-tu or الأَفْعَاْلُ النَّاْسِخَةُ  Al- af-aal-un naasi-qa-tu meaning canceling Verbs are Verbs which give incomplete meaning unless both Actor/Subject Noun فَاعِلٌ fa-i-lun and object Noun مَفْعُوْلٌ maf-oo-lun are specified. This is the reason these are called incomplete Verbs أَفْعَالُ النَّاقِصَةِ . For incomplete Verbs, the Actor/Subject is called Noun of Kana اِسْمُ الْكَانَ is-mul kaana and its object is called the predicate اَلْخَبَرُ al-kha-bar .
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9/11.0/11.1/11.2 - Basics of Irregular Nouns & Verbs/Irregular Nouns/Defective & Irregular Verbs

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    This is a fairly complex and advanced part of the Arabic grammar. Only a few basic rules and explanations will be provided so as to help the reader in understanding why Verbs are sometimes different from their root word.
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9/11.3 - Irregular Doubled Verbs

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Basics of Irregular Verbs and Nouns This is a fairly complex and advanced part of the Arabic grammar. Only a few basic rules and explanations will be provided so as to help the reader in understanding why Verbs are sometimes different from their root word.  The first alphabet in the Arabic alphabet, alif , is a weak alphabet that has two forms, a consonant form or hamzah ء  and a vowel form ا (an extended alif ). The vowel form can appear at the middle or the end of words, but never at the beginning.  This regular hamzah at the beginning of a word is called the "disconnecting hamzah   هَمْزَةُ القَطْعِ ham-za-tul qat-'ee . This is often an original alphabet and it must be pronounced always. The other type of hamzah which lacks the sign ء is called the "connecting hamzah" هَمْزَةُ الوَصْلِ ham-za-tul was-li .  
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9/12.1/12.2 - Triliteral Roots with Additional Alphabets

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  Section 12.1 - Triliteral Roots with Additional Alphabets اَبْوَابُ الثُّلَاثِيْ مَزِيْدٌ فِيْهِ ab-waa-but thu-laa-thi mazee-dun fee-hi   The forms discussed so far were did not have any additional alphabets. Specifically, we have discussed forms with three alphabet roots which are called bare trilateral roots الأَوْزَاْنُ الثُلَاثِيُّ الْمُجَرَّدَةُ al-aw-zaan-ul mu-jarra-da-tuth thu-laa-thi . They were composed solely of the three root alphabets plus short vowels, which do not count as alphabets. But in Arabic, to convey the meaning more precisely, alphabets are added to trilateral roots. Forms with additional alphabets are called augmented forms الأَوْزَاْنُ الْمَزِيْدَةُ al ma - zeed a-t ul aw-zaa-nu .  
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9/12.3 - Form II. تَفْعِيْلًا taf-ee-lan

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Section 12.3 - Form II. تَفْعِيْلًا taf-ee-lan   Form II is called تَفْعِيْلًا  ( taf-ee-lan ) .   Past tense of this form is فَعَّلَ ( fa'-'a-la ) and imperfect tense is يُفَعِّلُ ( yufa'-'i-loo ) and its source ( Masdar ) is تَفْعِيْلًا taf-'ee-lan . The benefit of this form is that it also changes the meaning of the Verb from normal action to a causative action or in other words from intransitive to transitive. For example, نَزَلَ na-za-la to نَزَّلَ naz-za-la . نَزَلَ na-za-la means to descend/ comedown. When changed to نَزَّلَ naz-za-la , it means to bring down/send down. This is different from form IV in the sense that here the action is not gradual but rather in the meaning of bringing down/sending down all at once.
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9/12.4 - Form III. مُفَاعَلًةً Mufaa-‘ala

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  Section 12.4 - Form III. مُفَاعَلًةً Mufaa-‘ala   Form III is called مُفَاعَلًةً mufaa-‘ala-tan. Past tense of this form is فَاعَلَ faa-‘ala and imperfect tense is يُفَاعِلُ yufaa-‘ i lu and its source مَصْدَرٌ Masdar is مُفَاعَلًةً mu-faa-'ala-tan . The benefit of this form is that it also changes the meaning of the Verb from normal action to that of being associated in an action which has an Actor/Subject ( فَاعِلٌ faa-'i-lun ) and a object ( مَفْعُوْلٌ maf-'oo-lun ). For example, نَفَقَ na-fa-qa to نَافَقَ naa-fa-qa . نَفَقَ na-fa-qa means to hide/get spent. When changed to نَافَقَ naa-fa-qa , it means to become a hypocrite. This is another form that has been used in Al-Qur’an. The inflections for this are also processed exactly as we did for the trilateral roots as shown in the table below:  
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9/12.5 - Form IV. إِفْعَالًا if-aalan

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Section 12.5 - Form IV. إِفْعَالًا if-'aalan   The form IV is called إِفْعَالًا  ( If-‘aalan ) .   The numbers of alphabets are always counted in the past tense. Past tense of this form is أَفْعَلَ af-‘a-laa and imperfect tense is يُفْعِلُ yuf-‘i-lu and its source Masdar is إِفْعَالًا if-‘aa-lan .   Note that beginning hamzah here is not a hamzah-tul Wasli ("connecting hamzah ") هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ . It is the ( hamzah-tul  Qat-'ee ) disconnecting hamzah الْقَطْع هَمْزَةُ and is always pronounced.
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1.0a - Introduction to Quranic Arabic Grammar For Beginners

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    بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem   Introduction    In the name of Allah, the most beneficent and merciful and peace and blessings be upon His noble messenger Mohammed Sallallahu alaihi wa Sallam. Ilm-us-sarf, or word morphology, is the first step in learning Arabic. It is the science of word origins. For example, the word Sarf has many meanings, but as applied to Arabic grammar, it is defined as changing a root word into different forms to create an intended meaning. As you will learn in this book, 99% of Arabic words start from a three-alphabet root word, then are changed into different forms to create different meanings. These rotations of the root word are called ( تَصْريْفٌ ) tas-reef or inflections.  It is considered in the Arab culture that city-dwellers do not speak as good Arabic as the nomads (who are known as Bedouins ( اَلْبَدْوُ ) al-bad’u. It is said that “the best speakers of Arabic are those who live d...
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1.0 - Why Learn Arabic?

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ الْحَمْدُ للّٰهِ وَ كَفٰى وَ سَلَامٌ عَلٰى عِبَادِهِ الَّذِيْنَ اصْطَفٰى All praise and thanks to Allah and He is suffice (for us) and peace be upon His servant Mohammed (Sallalahu Alaihi wa Sallam) whom He chose. The Qur'an is a book of knowledge and wisdom. This is where our Creator is telling us how to live our lives. We recite parts of it in our salah. Understanding what we are reciting in our prayers and implementing it in our lives is critical. We need to learn enough Arabic to understand what our Creator is telling us and practice it. We do not have to be an Arabic or the Qur'an scholar but need to know enough to understand the only connection we have with Allah Subha-nahu wa Ta'ala.   Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Love the Arabic Language because I am an Arab and Qur'an is in Arabic and language of people of Jannah is Arabic." Omar bin Khattab (RA) said: "Learn Arabic because it is from your religion"...
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Nahw Meer English: 1.4/1.5 - Sentences/Signs of Word Types

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      Section 1 . 4 – Sentences فَصْلٌ ١. ٤ – جُمْلَةٌ   A sentence جُمْلَةٌ must include at least two words كَلِمَاتٌ . Each word can be explicit لَفْظًا , that is, spelled out, as in ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ meaning “Zaid hit” and زَيدٌ قَائمٌ meaning Zaid is standing; or Implicit تَقْدِيرًا i.e. hidden, as in اِضْرِبْ meaning “ hit!” command, in which Pronoun أَنْتَ meaning "you" is Implicit. A sentence often consists of more than two words كَلِمَاتٌ and there is no limit to the number of words كَلِمَاتٌ in a sentence.   Words in a sentence cannot be other than a Noun, Verb, or a Particle. When you see a sentence, differentiate between Nouns, Verbs, and Particles, and notice whether they are flexible مُعْرَبٌ or Inflexible مَبْنِيٌّ and whether they have active elements/Particles عَامِلٌ or the target of the action is مَعْمُوْلٌ .   By doing so, you will understand how words are joined and you will differentiate between Object مُسْنَدٌ ...
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1.1/1.2/1.3 - Alphabets/Vowels

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    Section 1.1 - Arabic Alphabets اَلْأَبْجَدِيَةُ الْعْرَبِيَّةُ       Trans-literation key   Harakah   Harakah name Transliteration alphabets َ Fathah   a as in ha ِ Kasrah i as in sin ُ Dammah u as in uno ً Tanween Fathah   an as in undo ٍ Tanween kasrah in as in sin ٌ Tanween dammah un as in uno اْ Alif/hamzah aa وْ waaw oo يْ yaa ee ْ Saakin/ Jazm ‘ عُلْ / اُلْ ul For ا ul as in full/   For ع 'ul and 'u are pronounced from the back of the throat اَلْ/عَلْ al For ا al as in hull/   For...
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Sarf and Nahw Summary: 1.0C - Contents

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    Contents Contents . 1   4 Introduction . 5 Chapter 1 – Introduction to Sarf and Nahw Summary . 8 Section 1.1 - How to start Analyzing a Quranic Verse . 8 Section 1.2 - Arabic words ( كَلِمَة ) 13 Section 1.3 - Types of Nouns . 28 a.          The Rigid/Fixed اَلْجَامِدُ . 29 b.          The Source اَلْمَصْدَرُ . 29 c.      The Derivative اَلْمُشْتَقُّ . 30 Section 1.4 - Verbs
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