After completing this lesson (a & b),

Lesson
‫ عَن‬،‫ مِّن‬،‫ِّل‬
you will learn 57 new words, which
occur 19,471 times in the Qur’an.
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GRAMMAR: In Arabic, a word can be of one of the three types:

B ‫( اسم‬Noun): Name (Ex: ‫كة‬ َّ َ‫ م‬،‫ )كِّتَاب‬or an attribute (Ex: ‫ مُؤمِّن‬،‫)مُسلِّم‬

C ‫( فِّعل‬Verb): Indicates the action (Ex: ‫صرُوا‬ َ َ ‫ ن‬،‫)فَت َ َح‬

D ‫( َحرف‬Letter): Joins nouns and/or verbs (Ex: َّ‫ إ ِّن‬،َ‫ مَع‬،‫ عَن‬،‫ مِّن‬،َ‫)ل‬

In previous lessons, we took a few nouns and made their plurals. In this lesson, we will learn letters: ( ،‫ ِّمن‬،َ‫ل‬
‫)عَن‬. These three are prepositions. Learn the meanings along with examples given below. These examples are
very useful in remembering the meanings of these letters. In the examples given below.

‫دِّي ِّن‬ ‫وَل ِّ َي‬ ُ ُ ‫دِّين‬ ُ َ‫ل‬

My religion and for me,
‫كم‬
your religion
‫كم‬
For you
for :َ‫ل‬
‫ال َّرجِّي ِّم‬ َّ ‫ِّم َن‬
‫الشي ٰط ِّن‬ ِّ ‫بِّاهلل‬ ُ‫ا َعُوذ‬
the outcast. from Satan, in Allah I seek refuge
from :‫مِّن‬
ُ ‫عَنه‬ ُ ‫اهلل‬
with him (May) Allah be pleased
ِّ َ‫ر‬
‫ض َي‬
with :‫عَن‬

)ِّ ‫ (اَل َحم ُد ِّهلل‬for :َ‫ل‬

Spoken Arabic
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asking: Is it for him?
َ
‫ هٰ َذا لَه‬،‫نَعَم‬ ‫أهٰ َذا لَه؟‬ for him ‫لَه‬
َ
‫ هٰ َذا لَهُم‬،‫نَعَم‬ ‫أهٰ َذا لَهُم؟‬ for them ‫لَهُم‬
َ َ‫أَهٰ َذا ل‬
‫ك؟‬ for you َ َ‫ل‬
‫ك‬
‫ هٰ َذا لِّي‬،‫نَعَم‬ for me ‫لِّي‬
ُ َ‫أَهٰ َذا ل‬
‫كم ؟‬ ُ َ‫ل‬
for you all ‫كم‬
‫ هٰ َذا لَنَا‬،‫نَعَم‬ for us ‫لَنَا‬

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 from... :‫مِّن‬ 744*

We have already taken into count the word ‫( مِّن‬2471

times) in Lesson No.1a, therefore the remaining
words occurr 744 times.

from him ُ ‫مِّنه‬

from them ‫مِّنهُم‬
from you َ ْ ‫مِّن‬
‫ك‬
from me ‫مِّنِّي‬
from you all
ُ ْ ‫مِّن‬
‫كم‬
from us ‫مِّنَّا‬

with :‫عَن‬ 416

with him ُ ‫عَنه‬

with them ‫عَنهُم‬
with you َ ْ ‫عَن‬
‫ك‬
with me ‫عَنِّي‬
with you all
ُ ْ ‫عَن‬
‫كم‬
with us ‫عَنَّا‬
Before this, we have learnt ‫رَبُّه‬: his Rabb; ‫رَبُّهَا‬: her Rabb. Similarly,
‫لَه‬: for him; ‫لَهَا‬: for her
ُ ‫مِّنه‬: from him; ‫مِّنهَا‬: from her
ُ ‫عَنه‬: with him; ‫عَنهَا‬: with her

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