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Number detailed (part 1) English + Dhivehi

Number detailed (part 1) Today we will be looking at the second property of isms, ‘number’ in detail. Number can be divided into 3 parts. They are: 1.      Singular 2.      Dual 3.      Plural We don’t have to worry much about singular and dual. But when it comes to plural:- there are 6 kinds of plural. Lets look at each one of them one by one. 1.      Masculine plural Ø This usually ends with OONA or EENA sound. Example: muslimoona, saadhiqoona, mu’mineena etc.. Ø This plural is only used for humans, angels and jinns. Ø A masculine plural word will include male and females. For example if I say muslimoona, it includes muslims of both genders. Or for instance look at the ayah below. قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ “Certainly the believers have already succeeded” Surah Al-Mu’minoon, 1 Ø In this ayah, it uses the masculine plural ‘mu’minoona’ but it doesn’t mean that on...

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Status detailed part 2: Flexibility (English + Dhivehi)

Status detailed part 2: Flexibility There are 3 flexibilities of ism. 1.      Fully flexible (regular Arabic words) 2.      Partly flexible 3.      Non-flexible Fully flexible If an ism is fully flexible, it will be different in rafa’, nasb and jarr status. For example: مُسْلِمٌ (rafa’) مُسْلِمًا (nasb) مُسْلِمٍ (jarr) Most isms are fully flexible and have this pattern. All heavy words are fully flexible. Partly flexible If an ism is partly flexible, the ism will not have tanween which means they are light. And they will not have a kasrah. Some partly flexible words can be names of places: eg:- Makkah, Yathrib or it can also be non-Arab names: eg:- Dawud, Suleiman, Ibrahim Let’s look at how the ism ‘Ibrahim’ changes in different status. أِبْرَاهِيمُ (rafa’) أِبْرَاهِيمَ (nasb) أِبْرَاهِيمَ (jarr) As you can see after the nasb status, the word remains same. Thus known as ‘partly fl...

Heavy vs light exercise 2 (English + Dhivehi exercise)

Complete the table below by making the heavy words light and light words heavy Heavy Light مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ آيَاتٌ عَذَابَ كَبِيْرٍ خَصْمَانِ يَوْمٍ مُعْرِضُوْنَ                                                          ބަރު ބަސްތައް ލުއިކޮށް އަދި ލުއި ބަސްތައް ބަރުކޮށްފައި ތިރީގައިވާ ތާވަލު ފުރިހަމަކުރާށެވެ. ބަރު ލުއި مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ آيَاتٌ عَذَابَ كَبِيْرٍ خَصْمَانِ يَوْمٍ مُعْرِضُوْنَ