The Quickest Way to the Quran, Lesson: 1.3 Other Forms of Personal Pronouns

The Quickest Way to the Quran, Lesson: 1.3 Other Forms of Personal Pronouns

 In Lesson 1, we have learnt the personal pronouns that are used as subjects. But when they are used as objects and possessives, they take different forms. Look at the following table:
Personal Pronoun Table
From the table, it is clear that some of the forms (SL 2,3,5,6) are the same in subjective, objective & possessive forms.

3 Person Masculine Singular ه
Huwa when used as object changes to hu and when used as possessive changes to hu/hi depending on the preceding vowel.
Example
مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ ﴿عبس: ١٨﴾
From what stuff hath He created him? (80:18)

He created him. Here (hu=him) is used as object of the verb created خَلَقَ

Example as possessive
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ ﴿الإنشقاق: ٧﴾
Then he who is given his Record in his right hand (84:7)

1. If the possessive hu comes after [a] and [u] vowel sound, it retains its original hu form, but 2. if any [i] sounds precedes it, it takes hi form as it is clear in 1. كِتَابَهُ 2. and بِيَمِينِهِ

More examples
كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ
Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers. (2:284)

As Object of Prepositions
Personal pronouns can be used as object of preposition. For example
لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on earth, (20:6)

وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿يونس: ٥٦﴾
and to Him shall ye all be brought back.(10:56)

After [y] sound hu changes to hi except the following verse
وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِمَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهُ اللَّهَ فَسَيُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ﴿الفتح: ١٠﴾
....and any one who fulfils what he has covenanted with Allah,- Allah will soon grant him a great Reward. (48:10)

The 3rd Person Masculine Singular hu/hi occurs as many as 3372 times in the Quran including the pronoun اياه iyyahu which occurs 8 times
See the Complete List of hu/hi

Reference of iyyahu
The number format can be explained like this: (sura no.:ayat no.:word no.:morpheme/segment no.)

إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ (2:172:13:1)
(6:41:2:1) بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ
(9:114:10:1) وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَنْ مَوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَا إِيَّاهُ
(12:40:24:1) إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ أَمَرَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ
(16:114:12:1) وَاشْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ
(17:23:6:1) وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ
(17:67:10:1) وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُونَ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ
(إِوَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ 41:37:18:1