10.1.1 Introduction To Advanced Sentences Part 1

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10.1.

1 INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED SENTENCES (PART 1)


- To review the different places that ‫ رفع‬is used
Learning Objectives - To understand how and when a fi’l can be a ‫صفة‬

Lesson Review

Before continuing into some more complex subjects in grammar, let’s return briefly back to the
basics and take a look at the big picture of status. First of all, where is ‫رفع‬used?
1. Doer – ‫حسْنى‬ ْ ‫س‬
ُ ‫ت‬ َ ‫دَ َر‬
2. Mubtada – ‫أكبر‬
ُ ُ‫هللا‬
3. Khabr – ‫أكبر‬
ُ ُ‫( هللا‬unless ‫ كان‬makes the khabr nasb)
ُ ِ‫قُتِ َل – )نَائ‬
4. Doer in a passive fi’l (‫ب الفاعل‬
5. The follower of ‫ رفع‬is ‫رفع‬

In these instances, the ‫ رفع‬status is always describing an ism, and we can tell the status is ‫رفع‬
by its ending sound or ending combination. In more advanced sentences, that will not
necessarily be the case. For example:

َ‫طفَا ُل يَ ْل َعبُ ْون‬


ْ َ ‫ – األ‬The kids are playing.
ْ َ ‫ األ‬is the mubtada, and َ‫ يَ ْل َعبُ ْون‬is the khabr. Even though ‫ يلعبون‬is a fi’l, not an ism like usual,
‫طفَا ُل‬
it is still the khabr. So we would call it ‫محل رفع‬ ِ ‫في‬. In fact, any place of ‫ رفع‬where a fi’l is used
instead of an ism will be ‫في محل رفع‬

Here’s another example:


‫َر ُح ٌل نَائِ ٌم‬
This is a ‫موصوف صفة‬, which translates as “a sleeping man”.

Now what happens when the fi’l ‫ يَنا ُم‬is used in the same place?
‫َر ُح ٌل يَنا ُم‬
It’s still a ‫موصوف صفة‬, but a type that only works when the ‫ موصوف‬is common and is
followed by a fi’l.

Everything is supposed to match in a ‫موصوف صفة‬, so we’ll say that ‫ يَنام‬is a ‫فعل مضارع في محل‬
‫رفع‬. The same thing would happen if the ‫ موصوف‬is ‫ نصب‬or ‫جر‬, and the only thing that would
change is ‫ في محل نصب‬or ‫في محل جر‬.

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Note that there is a slight difference in meaning between the two fragments. As we said
previously, ‫ رج ٌل نائ ٌم‬means “a sleeping man.” ‫ رج ٌل َينا ُم‬has two possible meanings: “a man who
sleeps” and “a man trying to sleep”.

Look at a few more examples:

َ‫ِلقَ ْو ٍم َي ْع ِقلُ ْون‬ َ‫ِلقَ ْو ٍم عاقِ ِليْن‬


for a nation that thinks OR for a thinking nation
for a nation that tries to think

َ ُ‫َر ُج ٌل ي‬
‫ص ِل ْي‬ َ ُ‫الر ُج ُل الذي ي‬
‫ص ِل ْي‬ َّ
a man who prays the man who prays

‫ُم ْس ِل ُمون َيتعلمون‬ َ‫ال ُم ْس ِل ُم ْونَ الذين يَتَ َعلَّ ُم ْون‬


Muslims who learn the Muslims who learn

In summary, when a fi’l follows a common ism, it’s a ‫موصوف صفة‬. If the ism is proper, we have
to use ‫( الذي‬or one of its family members) to make it a ‫موصوف صفة‬.

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