اسْمِ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – اسْمِ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
الاسْمُ is the natural state of this definite noun and becomes الاسْمِ due to: 1) a preposition that precedes it or 2) a possessed noun that precedes it or 3) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
الاسْمِ loses it’s definite article, becoming اسْمِ due to it being a possessed noun
the name of
to be high, raised, lofty, name, attribute
Grammatical analysis
اِسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ بِالْكَسْرَةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ وَهُوَ مُضَافٌ
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | س م و | بَابٌ نَصَرَ | سَمَا يَسْمُوا | افْعٌ | اسْمٌ | اسْمُ الْجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Genitive | Root | ن | Name | Pattern | Noun | Generic/common noun |
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| Surah/ | Below are the 7 verses in the holy Quran containing the possessed, genitive noun | اسْمِ |
| Verse | ||
| 1-1 | In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Eternally Merciful | بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيْمِ |
| and he said, “Embark in it in the name of Allah (SWT) its coarse and its anchorage | وَقَالَ ارْكَبُوا فِيْهَا بِسْمِ اللهِ مَجْرِيهَا وَمُرْسَاهَآ | |
| 11-41 | indeed, my Lord is certainly Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful” | إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُوْرٌ رَّحِيْمٌ |
| 27-30 | ||
| 56-74 | so, glorify with the name of your Nurturer, the Great | فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ العَظِيْمِ |
| 56-96 | so, glorify with the name of your Nurturer, the Great | فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ العَظِيْمِ |
| 69-52 | so, glorify with the name of your Nurturer, the Great | فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ العَظِيْمِ |
| 96-1 | Read! In the Name of your Nurturer Who has created | اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ |
| 114-0 | In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Eternally Merciful | بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَانِ الرَّحِيْمِ |