Words
Each Qur'anic word can be examined by root, lemma, part of speech, and grammatical role. Use Read to load a verse, then return here for per-word breakdown.
What word-by-word reveals
- Root: the three-letter source organizing the word's family of meanings.
- Lemma: the dictionary form, useful for cross-reference.
- Part of speech: noun, verb, particle, pronoun.
- Morphology: case, number, gender, person, tense, mood.
- Dependency: how each word relates to others in the sentence.
● approach. Data layer: Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus v0.4, GPL.
Example: al-Fatihah 1:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
| Word | Root | Lemma | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| بِسْمِ | s-m-w / s-m-y | ism | Noun (prep+noun) | In the name of |
| ٱللَّهِ | a-l-h | Allah | Proper noun | Allah |
| ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ | r-ḥ-m | al-Rahman | Adjective | the Most Merciful |
| ٱلرَّحِيمِ | r-ḥ-m | al-Rahim | Adjective | the Especially Merciful |
● morphology and roots from Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus v0.4 (Dukes 2009–2017). Word-by-word breakdown for every verse is available on the Read page at Scholar depth.
On al-Rahman and al-Rahim
Both derive from r-ḥ-m. Classical grammarians distinguish them by intensity and scope: al-Rahman as a form (faʿlān) suggests an immediate, vast mercy extending to all creation; al-Rahim (faʿīl) suggests an enduring, specific mercy directed toward the believers in the next life. The pairing in 1:1 binds these two facets.
● reading found in al-Tabari, al-Zamakhshari, Ibn Kathir, and modern scholarship including Abdel Haleem.