عِلْمَ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – عِلْمَ 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
العِلْمُ is the natural state of this definite noun and it changes to العِلْمَ due to it being the: 1) المَفْعُوْلُ بِهِ object of a verb or 2) اسْمُ of إِنَّ or 3) خَبَرُ of كَانَ or 4) المَفْعُوْلُ فِيْهِ adverb of time or place or 5) المَفْعُوْلُ لَهُ noun that gives the reason for doing a thing or 6) المَفْعُوْلُ مَعَهُ noun that comes after the و which means “along with” or 7) المَفْعُوْلُ المُطْلَقُ is the مَصْدَرٌ of the verb occurring in the sentence or 8) الحَالُ adverb of manner or 9) التَّمْيِيْزُ noun that specifies the meaning of a vague word or 10) المُسْتَثْنَى noun that comes after إِلَّا meaning “except” or 11) المُنَادَى noun of calling or 12) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
العِلْمَ loses it’s definite article, becoming عِلْمَ due to it being a possessed noun
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَنْصُوْبٌ | ع ل م | بَابٌ سَمِعَ | عَلِمَ يَعْلَمُ | فِعْلٌ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Accusative | Root | Knowledge | س | Pattern | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Surah/ | Below are the 3 verses in the holy Quran containing the accusative, possessed noun | عِلْمَ |
| Verse | ||
| They said “Glory be to You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us | قَالُوْا سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ | |
| 2-32 | Truly You, You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise” | إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيْمُ الحَكِيْمُ |
| The day Allah (SWT) will gather the Messengers and say | يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللهُ الرُّسُلَ فَيَقُوْلُ | |
| “What was the response you received?” | مَاذَآ اُجِبْتُمْ | |
| They will say, “We have no knowledge | قَالُوا لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ | |
| 5-109 | truly You, only You are the All-Knower of the unseen (hidden)” | إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الغُيُوْبِ |
| 102-5 | Nay! If you only knew with a knowledge of certainty | كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِيْنِ |