The Quickest Way to the Quran Lesson:3.1 Quranic Verb Conjugation
In lesson 3, we have known about the unique verb roots of the Quran. Only learning the roots will not help understand easily. For this reason, I have set a conjugation table so that you can learn the meanings of different forms.
Tag: V-p = Past Verb, V-pr-fu = Present-Future Verb, Imp = Imperative, Prohi = Prohibition, ACT-PCPL = Active Participle, N-plu = Plural Noun. VN = Verbal Noun
Qaaf-Waaw-Lam as verb roots occur 1620 times in the Quran, But as word roots occur 1722 times.
Note that only one form of the past is given. You have to deduce other forms like قَالاَ -قَالَت - قَالَتَا - قَالُوا etc
The same is applicable for Present-Future Verb
Note that the word قَائِلٌ occurs 4 places in Quran يوسف/10 الكهف/19 الصافات/51
* قَائِلُهَا:- المؤمنون/100
Do not Confuse this word with that of * قَائِلُونَ:- الأعراف/4 it is derived from a different root Qaaf-Yaa-Laam which means sleeper at noon.
Also note that the word قِيلاً though similar to past pssive, it is actually an indefinite noun that occurs 3 times in the Quran, for example النساء/122 الواقعة/26 المزمل/6
(35) يَقُولُوا (11) يَقُولُونَ (51) يُقَالُ (3)
عدد الكلمات المختلفة = 120
Examples for verb conjugation
1. قال He said
قال in its third person singular form occurs 531 times in the Quran whwreas the total past form of this root is 955.
قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ ﴿الأعراف: ١٥﴾
[Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿الحجر: ٦٢﴾
He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ ﴿الصافات: ٩٥﴾
He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,
قالا They (two) said
In its third person dual form, this past verb occurs in two places of the Quran ie. الأعراف/23 طه/45
قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ [٧:٢٣]
They (two: Adam & Eve) said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."
قَالَا رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ [٢٠:٤٥]
They (two: Musa & Harun A.S.) said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."
قالوا They said
The third person plural occurs 250 time.
قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿الأعراف: ١٢١﴾
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,
قَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ﴿الأعراف: ١٢٥﴾
They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
Root 1
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Derivatives
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Tag
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Meaning
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ق و ل
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قَالَ
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V-p
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He said
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يَقُوْلُ
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V-pr-fu
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He says, will say
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قُلْ
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Imp
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Say, Tell
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لاَ تَقُلْ
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Prohi
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Don’t say
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قِيْلَ
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V-p-pass
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It was said
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تَقَوَّلَ
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V-p
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He Made up, fabricated
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قاَئِلٌ
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ACT-PCPL
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Sayer
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اَقَاوِيْل
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N-plu
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False Sayings
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قَوْلٌ
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VN
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Saying, Speech, word
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Qaaf-Waaw-Lam as verb roots occur 1620 times in the Quran, But as word roots occur 1722 times.
Note that only one form of the past is given. You have to deduce other forms like قَالاَ -قَالَت - قَالَتَا - قَالُوا etc
The same is applicable for Present-Future Verb
Note that the word قَائِلٌ occurs 4 places in Quran يوسف/10 الكهف/19 الصافات/51
* قَائِلُهَا:- المؤمنون/100
Do not Confuse this word with that of * قَائِلُونَ:- الأعراف/4 it is derived from a different root Qaaf-Yaa-Laam which means sleeper at noon.
Also note that the word قِيلاً though similar to past pssive, it is actually an indefinite noun that occurs 3 times in the Quran, for example النساء/122 الواقعة/26 المزمل/6
There are as many as 120 different word forms of this Root:
أَتَقُولُونَ (3) أَقُل (5) أَقُولَ (2) أَقُولُ (7) الأَقَاوِيلِ (1) الْقَوْلَ (7) الْقَوْلُ (12) الْقَوْلِ (9) بِالْقَوْلِ (5) بِقَوْلِ (3) تَقَوَّلَ (1) تَقَوَّلَهُ (1) تَقُل (1) تَقُولَ (6) تَقُولَنَّ (1) تَقُولُ (4) تَقُولُوا (15) تَقُولُونَ (6) سَيَقُولُ (4) سَيَقُولُونَ (4) فَتَقُولُ (1) فَسَيَقُولُونَ (4) فَقَالَ (27) فَقَالَت (1) فَقَالُوا (18) فَقُل (16) فَقُلِ (2) فَقُلْتُ (1) فَقُلْنَا (6) فَقُولاَ (3) فَقُولُوا (2) فَقُولِي (1) فَيَقُولَ (1) فَيَقُولُ (12) فَيَقُولُوا (2) فَيَقُولُونَ (1) قَائِلٌ (3) قَائِلُهَا (1) قَالاَ (2) قَالَ (416) قَالَت (24) قَالَتَا (2) قَالَتِ (5) قَالَهَا (1) قَالُوا (250) قَوْلاً (19) قَوْلٌ (1) قَوْلٍ (2) قَوْلَ (7) قَوْلَكُم (1) قَوْلَهُم (1) قَوْلُ (2) قَوْلُكُم (1) قَوْلُنَا (1) قَوْلُهُ (2) قَوْلُهُم (4) قَوْلِكَ (1) قَوْلِهَا (1) قَوْلِهِم (2) قَوْلِهِمُ (1) قَوْلِي (2) قُل (263) قُلِ (30) قُلْتَ (4) قُلْتُ (1) قُلْتُم (9) قُلْتُهُ (1) قُلْنَ (1) قُلْنَا (14) قُولُوا (2) قِيلاً (3) قِيلَ (34) لَتَقُولُونَ (1) لَقَالَ (1) لَقَالُوا (3) لَقَوْلٌ (1) لَقَوْلُ (2) لَقُلْنَا (1) لَنَقُولَنَّ (1) لَيَقُولَنَّ (5) لَيَقُولُنَّ (10) لَيَقُولُونَ (4) لِقَوْلِهِم (1) لِيَقُولُوا (1) نَقُولَ (1) نَقُولُ (7) وَأَقُل (1) وَالْقَائِلِينَ (1) وَتَقُولُ (1) وَتَقُولُوا (1) وَتَقُولُونَ (1) وَسَنَقُولُ (1) وَقَالاَ (1) وَقَالَ (85) وَقَالَت (5) وَقَالَتِ (8) وَقَالُوا (61) وَقَوْلٌ (1) وَقَوْلِهِم (3) وَقُل (17) وَقُلِ (4) وَقُلْنَ (2) وَقُلْنَا (6) وَقُولُوا (8) وَقِيلَ (15) وَقِيلِهِ (1) وَلِيَقُولَ (1)(35) يَقُولُوا (11) يَقُولُونَ (51) يُقَالُ (3)
عدد الكلمات المختلفة = 120
Examples for verb conjugation
1. قال He said
قال in its third person singular form occurs 531 times in the Quran whwreas the total past form of this root is 955.
قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ ﴿الأعراف: ١٥﴾
[Allah] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."
قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ ﴿الحجر: ٦٢﴾
He said, "Indeed, you are people unknown."
قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ ﴿الصافات: ٩٥﴾
He said, "Do you worship that which you [yourselves] carve,
قالا They (two) said
In its third person dual form, this past verb occurs in two places of the Quran ie. الأعراف/23 طه/45
قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ [٧:٢٣]
They (two: Adam & Eve) said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."
قَالَا رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ [٢٠:٤٥]
They (two: Musa & Harun A.S.) said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."
قالوا They said
The third person plural occurs 250 time.
قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿الأعراف: ١٢١﴾
They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,
قَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ ﴿الأعراف: ١٢٥﴾
They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.
Verb Root 2
The 2nd most frequently used Verb Root is (kaaf-waw-noon) ك - و - ن
As word root, it occurs 1390 times, 1358 times as verb roots.
كان
V (past) He / it is / was
يكون
V (pre-fu) He / it will be
كُنْ
Imperative: Be, Become
كُونِي
Imperative: Be, Become (used for Feminine Gender), Occurs only once in the Quran in Sura Ambia Verse 69 قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ﴿الأنبياء: ٦٩﴾
Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
كُونُوا
Imperative: (you all) Be, Become
قُلْ كُونُوا حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا ﴿الإسراء: ٥٠﴾
Say, "Be you stones or iron
لَا تَكُونُوا
Prohibition: (you all) Don't Be, Become
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿الأنفال: ٢١﴾
And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.
Interesting: One interesting point regarding this verb is that when the emphatic past negative Lam لَمْ precedes it, it almost loses its existence except the initial Kaaf. Look at these examples
قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا ﴿مريم: ٢٠﴾
She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا ﴿مريم: ٩﴾
[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "
As word root, it occurs 1390 times, 1358 times as verb roots.
كان
V (past) He / it is / was
يكون
V (pre-fu) He / it will be
كُنْ
Imperative: Be, Become
كُونِي
Imperative: Be, Become (used for Feminine Gender), Occurs only once in the Quran in Sura Ambia Verse 69 قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ﴿الأنبياء: ٦٩﴾
Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
كُونُوا
Imperative: (you all) Be, Become
قُلْ كُونُوا حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا ﴿الإسراء: ٥٠﴾
Say, "Be you stones or iron
لَا تَكُونُوا
Prohibition: (you all) Don't Be, Become
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ ﴿الأنفال: ٢١﴾
And do not be like those who say, "We have heard," while they do not hear.
Interesting: One interesting point regarding this verb is that when the emphatic past negative Lam لَمْ precedes it, it almost loses its existence except the initial Kaaf. Look at these examples
قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِي بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا ﴿مريم: ٢٠﴾
She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"
قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ رَبُّكَ هُوَ عَلَيَّ هَيِّنٌ وَقَدْ خَلَقْتُكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ تَكُ شَيْئًا ﴿مريم: ٩﴾
[An angel] said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, for I created you before, while you were nothing.' "
The Verb كان has as many as 90 different forms in the Quran. They are
أَكَانَ (1) أَكُ (1) أَكُن (4) أَكُونَ (9) تَكُ (7) تَكُن (19) تَكُونَ (14) تَكُونَا (2) تَكُونَنَّ (9) تَكُونُ (11) تَكُونُوا (21) سَيَكُونُ (1) فَأَكُونَ (1) فَتَكُن (1) فَتَكُونَ (6) فَتَكُونَا (2) فَتَكُونُ (1) فَتَكُونُونَ (1) فَكَانَ (8) فَكَانَت (5) فَكَانُوا (5) فَكُنتُم (2) فَلْيَكُونُوا (1) فَنَكُونَ (1) فَيَكُونَ (1) فَيَكُونُ (9) كَانَ (323) كَانَا (2) كَانَت (27) كَانَتَا (3) كَانَتِ (1) كَانُوا (229) كُن (8) كُنتَ (35) كُنتُ (15) كُنتُم (188) كُنتُنَّ (2) كُنتِ (1) كُنَّ (3) كُنَّا (63) كُونُوا (9) كُونِي (1) لأكُونَنَّ (1) لَتَكُونَنَّ (2) لَكَانَ (6) لَكُنتُ (2) لَكُنتُم (1) لَكُنَّا (3) لَنَكُونَنَّ (5) لَيَكُونُنَّ (1) لِتَكُونَ (3) لِتَكُونُوا (2) لِيَكُونَ (3) لِيَكُونَا (1) لِيَكُونُوا (2) نَكُ (2) نَكُن (4) نَكُونَ (2) وَأَكُن (2) وَتَكُونَ (1) وَتَكُونُ (2) وَتَكُونُوا (2) وَكَانَ (84) وَكَانَت (1) وَكَانَتِ (3) وَكَانُوا (35) وَكُن (3) وَكُنتَ (2) وَكُنتُ (2) وَكُنتُم (8) وَكُنَّا (16) وَكُونُوا (1) وَلَتَكُونَنَّ (1) وَلَنَكُونَنَّ (1) وَلِتَكُونَ (1) وَلِيَكُونًا (1) وَلِيَكُونَ (1) وَلْتَكُن (1) وَنَكُونَ (3) وَيَكُونَ (3) وَيَكُونُونَ (1) يَكُ (8) يَكُن (27) يَكُنِ (4) يَكُنَّ (1) يَكُونَ (17) يَكُونَا (1) يَكُونُ (18) يَكُونُوا (13) يَكُونُونَ (1)
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