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Where grammar comes to life: mudhaaf-mudhaaf ilaihi + pronouns

Where grammar comes to life: In Suratul Kahf, Allah swt tells us the story of Musa (AS) and Khidhr (go over the surah to find the details In Sha Allah). By the end of that story, Khidhr and Musa (AS) go to a city that was not very hospitable. The people of that city refused to give them any food though they asked for it. As they were walking through the city, they find a wall that was about to collapse. Without anyone saying, Khidhr re-builds the wall so that it stays firm. Seeing this, Musa (AS) says that he could have asked for payment for building the wall. Because they were already in desperate need of money. At that point, Khidhr explains to Musa (AS) why he did what he did all along. The fragment below is from the last explanation he gave. He tells Musa (AS) that the wall belonged to two orphan boys. And that there was a treasure beneath the wall. You could guess that if the wall had collapsed, the treasure would have got stolen considering the kind of people who were...

Mudhaaf-mudhaaf ilaihi and pronouns (English lesson)

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Mudhaaf-mudhaaf ilaihi with pronouns Among the lessons related to pronouns, we had looked at the pronouns chart. Below is a picture to help you remember. The ‘attached’ forms are actually nasb or jarr versions of the pronouns. They are called ‘attached’ forms because they are always found attached to a word. Example:    رَسُوْلُهُ If you find هُ   or هِ you must know that it’s the attached form of هُوَ and can only be nasb or jarr status. Exercise 1: Identify and write the attached forms of the given pronouns by looking at the chart. (try and remember the attached forms without looking as much as you can In Sha Allah) Pronoun Attached form   (nasb/jarr version) هُوَ هُمَا هُمْ هِيَ هُنَّ أَنْتَ أَنْتُمَا أَنْتُمْ أَنْتِ أَنْتُنَّ ...