We have finished studying all the 9 isim indicators. So when we are analyzing the Quran in terms of grammar, if a paticular word does not satisfy any of the conditions of the isim indicators, there are only 3 possibilities :
- the word could be one of a small group of "special" isim which do not exhibit any sign of an isim. (we will learn more about this exceptions in later lessons)
- it could be a harf . (since harf are usually short words of not more than 3 letters - it is rather easy to identify harf) OR
- it could be a fi'il
We will now learn how to positively identify if a word is Fi'il. Before that let's recap what we already know about Fi'il.
There are 3 types of Fi'il :
Now lets learn how to recognize a Fi'il.
Just like isim , there are several clues to help us identify a word as a FI’IL. Most of the clues involve how the word starts or how it ends. However , we need to know that how a fi'il starts and ends may be obscured because 2 or more words can be combined.
These are the words which can be attached to a fi'il :
OK. Here is how you can recognize fi'il . The first isim indicator is any word ENDING WITH TA' SUKUN
The second isim indicator is as when the word ends with WAU SUKUN followed by ALIF ZIYADAH (silent alif) as follows :
Here is a summary of the two isim indicators we learnt today
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