Saturday, April 25, 2020

Quran Dictionary Download for Android Mobile

Quran Dictionary for Android Mobile 1.0

Ramadan Collection 2020

This Quran Dictionary has been developed to study the words and meanings of the Quran. All data has been taken from Quranic Arabic Corpus

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Friday, March 27, 2020

Shades of Meanings in Quranic Words 01


Semantics of Quran

Shades of Meanings in Quranic Words 01

Sometimes we learn the meaning of a Quranic word in a verse and try to apply the meaning in other verses. But in many cases, the certain meaning of a word might not be applicable to other contexts and it may lead to misinterpretation of the verse. Most of the content keywords of the Quran have multiple (and sometimes more than a dozen of) shades of meanings depending on their contexts and collocations. Many of these words have Primary Meanings (PM) and several other Secondary Meanings (SM) that are quite distinctive from the ones commonly perceived by the beginners who strive to grasp the meaning of the Quran. Even the most commonly used everyday Quranic words can confuse some learners while matching English translation with the Arabic text unless they have some prior knowledge of the topic being discussed in today’s blogpost.

In the following sections, I will be discussing some common Quranic Arabic words with their Primary Meanings (PM) and Secondary Meanings (SM) with examples from the Quranic verses. InShaAllah this will make the learners aware of the semantic diversity of Quranic Arabic and guide them to prepare for their future plans to address the issue.

1. Kitab (كِتَابٌ)
1.1 Primary Meaning: (a) Book, Written Text, (b) The Quran
وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَـٰبًۭا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥ 
And [even then], we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book we may read (17:93)

 ذَ‌ٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًۭى  لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah. (2:2)

1.2 Secondary Meaning: A Letter
قَالَتْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ إِنِّىٓ أُلْقِىَ إِلَىَّ كِتَـٰبٌۭ كَرِيمٌ
She (The Queen of Sheba, Bilqis) said, "O eminent ones, a gracious letter has been dropped before me.” (27:28)

1.3 Secondary Meaning: Record of Deeds
ٱقْرَأْ كِتَـٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًۭا
[It will be said], "Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant." (17:14)

1.4 Secondary Meaning: Fixed, Appointed (Time)
لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍۢ كِتَابٌۭ
for every term there is an appointment. (13:38)

1.5 Secondary Meaning: Duration, Prescribed Period of Waiting (for women)
وَلَا تَعْزِمُوا۟ عُقْدَةَ ٱلنِّكَاحِ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ أَجَلَهُۥ 
And do not determine to undertake a marriage contract until the prescribed period reaches its end.

1.6 Secondary Meaning: Writing
وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ
And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel. (3:48)
[It appears that the BOOK the Ayah mentioned here refers to Writing: Tafsir Ibn Kathir. Also similar opinion found in Tafsir Qurtubi, Sa’adi and Bagawi]

وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَـٰهُ كِتَـٰبًۭا
But all things We have enumerated in writing. (78:29)

1.7 Secondary Meaning: Devine Decree, Verdict, Ordinance
لَّوْلَا كِتَـٰبٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ سَبَقَ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِيمَآ أَخَذْتُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ
If not for a decree/ordinance from Allah that preceded, you would have been touched for what you took by a great punishment. (8:68)

1.8 Secondary Meaning: Scripture a) Tawrat b) Injeel c) All sriptures revealed before
وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided. (2:35) ie Tawrat

قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّۭا
[Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a prophet. (19:30) ie Injeel

وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ 
And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. (3:19)

1.9 Secondary Meaning: Devine Record/Design, Lawh Mahfuz (the Preserved Tablet)
مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍۢ مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّبْرَأَهَآ
No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before We bring it into being (57:22)

وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍۢ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍۢ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record. (6:59)


Practice Materials

# 1. The word KitaAb with its plural form Kutub occurs 261 times in the Quran in 28 unique surface forms and syntactic notations. Have a Look at these forms with their frequencies in brackets:
الْكِتَابَ (78) الْكِتَابُ (8) الْكِتَابِ (77) بِالْكِتَابِ (4) بِكِتَابٍ (3) بِكِتَابِكُم (1) بِكِتَابِي (1) كُتُبٌ (1) كُتُبٍ (1) كِتَابًا (12) كِتَابٌ (18) كِتَابٍ (15) كِتَابَ (5) كِتَابَكَ (1) كِتَابَهُ (5) كِتَابَهُم (1) كِتَابُ (2) كِتَابُنَا (1) كِتَابِ (7) كِتَابِهَا (1) كِتَابِيَه (2) لَكِتَابٌ (1) لِلْكُتُبِ (1) وَالْكِتَابَ (2) وَالْكِتَابِ (6) وَبِالْكِتَابِ (1) وَكُتُبِهِ (3) وَكِتَابٌ (1) وَكِتَابٍ (2) = 261
Try to locate these word forms in the Quran in order to apply the shades of meanings they belong to. The Quranic verse references are given below. The verse location reference for example (2:2:2) refers to (Surah No: Verse No: Word No).
(2:2:2)           (2:44:8)         (2:53:4)         (2:78:5)         (2:79:4)         (2:85:25)      (2:87:4)            (2:89:3)         (2:101:15)    (2:101:16)    (2:105:7)      (2:109:5)      (2:113:15)    (2:121:3)       (2:129:10)    (2:144:24)    (2:145:5)      (2:146:3)      (2:151:11)    (2:159:15)    (2:174:8)            (2:176:5)      (2:176:11)    (2:177:17)    (2:213:12)    (2:231:34)    (2:235:33)    (2:285:13)            (3:3:3)           (3:7:5)           (3:7:11)         (3:19:10)      (3:20:12)      (3:23:8)         (3:23:11)            (3:48:2)         (3:64:3)         (3:65:2)         (3:69:5)         (3:70:2)         (3:71:2)         (3:72:5)            (3:75:3)         (3:78:6)         (3:78:9)         (3:78:13)      (3:79:7)         (3:79:25)      (3:81:9)            (3:98:3)         (3:99:3)         (3:100:10)    (3:110:16)    (3:113:5)      (3:119:7)      (3:145:9)            (3:164:17)    (3:184:11)    (3:186:9)      (3:187:7)      (3:199:4)      (4:24:8)         (4:44:8)            (4:47:4)         (4:51:8)         (4:54:14)      (4:103:19)    (4:105:4)      (4:113:22)    (4:123:6)            (4:127:12)    (4:131:12)    (4:136:7)      (4:136:12)    (4:136:21)    (4:140:5)      (4:153:3)            (4:153:7)      (4:159:4)      (4:171:2)      (5:5:8)           (5:5:21)         (5:15:2)         (5:15:13)            (5:15:22)      (5:19:2)         (5:44:19)      (5:48:3)         (5:48:10)      (5:57:14)      (5:59:3)        (5:65:4)         (5:68:3)         (5:77:3)         (5:110:23)    (6:7:4)           (6:20:3)         (6:38:16)            (6:59:30)      (6:89:4)         (6:91:18)      (6:92:2)         (6:114:9)      (6:114:13)    (6:154:4)            (6:155:2)      (6:156:5)      (6:157:7)      (7:2:1)           (7:37:15)      (7:52:3)         (7:169:6)            (7:169:23)    (7:170:3)      (7:196:6)      (8:68:2)         (8:75:16)      (9:29:22)      (9:36:10)            (10:1:4)         (10:37:16)    (10:61:41)    (10:94:11)    (11:1:2)         (11:6:15)      (11:17:12)            (11:110:4)    (12:1:4)         (13:1:4)         (13:36:3)      (13:38:21)    (13:39:8)      (13:43:15)      (14:1:2)         (15:1:4)         (15:4:7)         (16:64:4)      (16:89:17)    (17:2:3)         (17:4:6)            (17:13:11)    (17:14:2)      (17:58:17)    (17:71:8)      (17:71:12)    (17:93:17)    (18:1:7)            (18:27:6)      (18:49:2)      (18:49:12)    (19:12:3)      (19:16:3)      (19:30:6)      (19:41:3)            (19:51:3)      (19:54:3)      (19:56:3)      (20:52:6)      (21:10:4)      (21:104:6)    (22:8:12)            (22:70:13)    (23:49:4)      (23:62:7)      (24:33:13)    (25:35:4)      (26:2:3)         (27:1:5)            (27:28:2)      (27:29:7)      (27:40:6)      (27:75:9)      (28:2:3)         (28:43:4)      (28:49:3)       (28:52:3)      (28:86:7)      (29:27:9)      (29:45:6)      (29:46:4)      (29:47:4)      (29:47:7)            (29:48:7)      (29:51:6)      (30:56:9)      (31:2:3)         (31:20:29)    (32:2:2)         (32:23:4)            (33:6:14)      (33:6:28)      (33:26:6)      (34:3:31)      (34:44:4)      (35:11:29)    (35:25:12)            (35:29:4)      (35:31:5)      (35:32:3)      (35:40:21)    (37:117:2)    (37:157:2)    (38:29:1)            (39:1:2)         (39:2:4)         (39:23:5)      (39:41:4)      (39:69:6)      (40:2:2)         (40:53:8)            (40:70:3)      (41:3:1)         (41:41:8)      (41:45:4)      (42:14:24)    (42:15:15)    (42:17:4)       (42:52:11)    (43:2:1)         (43:4:4)         (43:21:3)      (44:2:1)         (45:2:2)         (45:16:5)            (45:28:9)      (45:29:2)      (46:2:2)         (46:4:19)      (46:12:3)      (46:12:8)      (46:30:5)            (50:4:8)         (52:2:1)         (56:78:2)      (57:16:18)    (57:22:12)    (57:25:7)      (57:26:9)            (57:29:4)      (59:2:8)         (59:11:12)    (62:2:13)      (66:12:14)    (68:37:3)      (69:19:4)            (69:19:9)      (69:25:4)      (69:25:10)    (74:31:17)    (74:31:26)    (78:29:4)      (83:7:3)            (83:9:1)         (83:18:3)      (83:20:1)      (84:7:4)         (84:10:4)      (98:1:7)         (98:3:2)            (98:4:5)         (98:6:6)


Look ! : The following link (link No. 2) will provide you with Quranic Arabic text along with locations and meanings. But keep in mind that these simple straightforward translations might not always reflect all the shades of meanings we have talked about. Consult a Tafseer like Ibn Kathir (English) in this regard. Tafseer Ibne Kathir Link Apk: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tafsir.ibnkathir&hl=en

QAC link for the word KitaAb:

[NB: Here you will get 260 occurrences. The missing one is (27:28:2)]

(to be continued)


Tuesday, February 18, 2020

"Data Analysis Techniques for Quranic Arabic"

The Quickest Way to The Quran in Malaysia

A discussion on "Data Analysis Techniques for Quranic Arabic" in Oasis at Pinnacle Serenity in Co-Working Space, Tamarind Square, Cyberjaya, Malaysia. Thanks to Brother Yusuf Latif for his invitation to the discussion. Immense gratitude to Brother Sayeed for hosting the discussion in his corporate co-working space.

The Quranic Data Analysis Techniques included Quranic Corpus Morphological Data Analysis in Excel in association with qurananalysis.com

In the Power Point Presentation, it was shown
How to Extract all Masculine/Feminine Nouns/Adjectives of the Quran with frequency
How to derive Nominative, Accusative and Genitive Nouns/Adjectives with unique forms
How to sort out Masculine Plural and Feminine Plurals of the Quran
How to extract all Active and Passive Participles اسم فاعل و اسم مفعول
How to sort out Verbal Nouns ie Ismi masdar
How to separate PERFECT and IMPERFECT verbs فعل مضارع و فعل ماضي
How to extract verbs with based on different forms ابواب الفعل
How to manipulate the Advanced Morphological Search in Quranic Corpus

and many other data analysis techniques.

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Quranic Syntax: Possessive Structures of the Quran Part 1


Quranic Syntax: Possessive Structures of the Quran

Complex Arabic grammatical rules sometimes distract learners from the Quran. So, it is better to give them some easy syntactic combinations like the possessive structures. Now it is possible to extract all the possessive combinations through corpus database.

In the sample table below, I have extracted some possessive Noun+Noun combinations from the Quran. There are other possibilities like N+DET+N combinations that I will deal with in another post.

Making a comprehensive list of possessive structures of the whole Quran needs a lot of time, patience and manual assistance.

Technical Title of this post: Examples of Mudaaf and Mudaaf Ilaih from the Quran


SL
Locations
Examples
Meanings
1.     
(1:1:1:2)
اسم الله
The Name of Allah
2.     
(2:27:3:1)
عهد الله
The Covenant of Allah
3.     
(2:40:1:2)
بني إسرائيل
The Children of Israil
4.     
(2:49:4:1)
ال فرعون
the people of Pharaoh
5.     
(2:60:22:1)
رزق الله
provision of Allah
6.     
(2:61:49:2)
أيات الله
The signs of Allah
7.     
(2:64:7:1)
فضل الله
Bounty of Allah
8.     
(2:74:31:1)
خشية الله
Fear of Allah
9.     
(2:75:10:1)
كلام الله
Words of Allah
10. 
(2:87:11:1)
ابن مريم
Son of Maryam
11. 
(2:89:23:2)
لعنة الله
Curse of Allah
12. 
(2:91:24:1)
أنبياء الله
Prophets of Allah
13. 
(2:97:10:2)
إذن الله
Permission of Allah
14. 
(2:101:16:1)
الله  كتاب
The Book of Allah
15. 
(2:102:6:1)
ملك سليمان
The kingdom of Solomon
16. 



17.