Dr. Pasha's Arabic Language and Cultural Immersion Sessions -- Lesson 34
Assignment 34: Verbs, Verbs, Verbs
Instructions
a) This and all previous assignments must be completed and mastered by September 21, Monday, 4:00 PM.
b) If your Nafs is driving any of this, and if your motive -- your Niyyat -- is to get name, fame, wealth and other worldly gains and benefits -- then you may as well not do it. For, that is a recipe for Jahannam.
c) I consider Transliteration Haram, except perhaps for the most limited Educational Purposes.
d) And I consider Color Coding of selected words in the Mushaf also Haram, though perhaps to a lesser degree.
Call these things a Fatwas of some kind if you wish!
e) Always, recite all Arabic words aloud and correctly and in the clearest diction.
f) Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
Now, A Look at the Verbs
1. Three-Letter Verbs -- Past Tense.
a) Fa-'A-La
Examples:
Azama;
Daraba;
Fasada
Fataha;
Hadama;
Hashara;
Hazama;
Ja-'Ala;
Kasara;
Kashafa;
Kharaja
Nasara;
Nazala;
Qara-A;
Qatala;
Sabara;
Sadaqa;
Wahaba;
Wajada;
Warada;
Wasala.
2. Four-Letter Verbs -- Past Tense.
a) Af-'Ala
Examples:
Abtala;
Ahsana;
Ahyaa -- Ahyaya;
Akrama;
Anzala;
Arsala;
Asaaba -- Asyaba;
Aslama;
Awuhaa -- Awuhaya.
b) Fa'-Ala
Examples:
Dabbara;
Dammara;
Dhakkara;
Ghayyara;
Kabbara;
Laqqana;
Qabbala;
Qaddara;
Sabbaha;
Saddaqa;
Sallaa -- Sallaya;
Sammaa -- Sammaya;
Sawwara;
Wajjaha.
c) Faa-'Ala
Examples:
Baahaa -- Baahaya;
Haaraba;
Jaahada;
Naazara;
Qaatala;
Saabara;
Waajaha.
3. Five-Letter Verbs -- Past Tense.
a) Ifta-'Ala
Examples:
Ibtada-a -- Ibtada-a;
Ibtalaa -- Ibtalaya;
Ijtahada;
Iktataba;
Imtahana;
Intaqama;
Intasara;
Iqtadara;
Ittajaha -- Iwutajaha;
Ittakhaza;
Iztakara -- Iddakara.
b) Tafa-'Ala
Examples:
Tabahhara;
Tabassara;
Tadabbara;
Taghayyara;
Tamahhasa;
Taqabbala;
Taqayyada;
Tasawwara;
Tawajjaha.
c) Tafa-'Ala
Examples:
Tajaahala;
Takaathara;
Tanaasara;
Taqaabala;
Tazaalama;
Tawaasaa -- Tawaasaya.
d) Infa-'Ala
Examples:
Inhadama;
Inhasara;
Inhazama;
Inkasara;
Inkashafa;
Insarama.
4. Six-Letter Verbs -- Past Tense.
a. Istaf-'Ala.
Examples:
Istabsara;
Istahlafa;
Istakhlafa;
Istansara.
Assignment 34: Additional Instructions
- Read every verb and its structure. How it is formed and how it changes.
- Repeat.
- Chant Aloud.
- Memorize.
- Take each verb and go as far as you can go with it -- using Mu'jam and Dictionaries.
- If found in the Qur'an, locate in Mushaf in the Aayat or in the Aayaat (Plural) in which it occurs.
- Use it as basis of all your future Adventures in Arabic Language until September 21 and beyond.
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