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
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Quranic Syntax: The Noun-Adjective Combinations 3

Quranic Syntax: The Noun-Adjective Combinations 3

 Also Read: Quranic Syntax: The Noun-Adjective Combinations 1

The morphological data analysis of the Quran shows 3 types of Noun-Adjective patterns in general. The Third Noun-Adjective Combination is

{(Possessive) N-Pron} +( Det + Adj).

A well-known example can be found in the verse (7:16)

قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path

In Quranic Arabic, possessive combination achieves the status of definiteness, so it is followed by a definite adjective. Grammatical Case reference (NOMinative, ACCusative and GENitive) is given here for advanced learners.

(My heart-felt gratitude goes to Tom-S, Excel MVP, for his kind and quick help in Excel pattern analysis 3.)

Noun-Adjective	Meaning	Reference	Case
حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا	Our worldly life	6:29	NOM
آبَاؤُنَا الْأَوَّلُونَ	Our forefathers	37:17	NOM
رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلَىٰ	Your most exalted lord	79:24	NOM
صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ	Your straight path	7:16	ACC
سِيرَتَهَا الْأُولَىٰ	its former condition	20:21	ACC
آبَاءَهُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ	their forefathers	23:68	ACC
دِينَهُمُ الْحَقَّ	their just dues	24:25	ACC
عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ	your closest kindred	26:214	ACC
فَتَيَاتِكُمُ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ	Your free, believing women	4:25	GEN
عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ	Our chosen servants	12:24	GEN
ضَلَالِكَ الْقَدِيمِ	your old error	12:95	GEN
آيَاتِنَا الْكُبْرَى	Our greater signs	20:23	GEN
طَرِيقَتِكُمُ الْمُثْلَىٰ	your most exemplary way	20:63	GEN
آبَائِنَا الْأَوَّلِينَ	our forefathers	23:24	GEN
آبَائِكُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ	your first forefathers	26:26	GEN
عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ	His believing servants	27:15	GEN
عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ	Your righteous servants	27:19	GEN
عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ	Our believing servants	37:81	GEN
عِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Our servants, the messengers	37:171	GEN
رَبِّكَ الْعَزِيزِ	your Lord, the Exalted in Might	38:9	GEN
حَيَاتِكُمُ الدُّنْيَا	Your worldly life	46:20	GEN
رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ	your Lord, the Most Great	56:96	GEN
رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى	your Lord, the Most High	87:1	GEN
رَبِّهِ الْأَعْلَىٰ	His Lord, the Most High	92:20	GEN