الْجِبَالِ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – الْجِبَالِ 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 الْجِبَالُ is the natural state of this definite noun and it changes to الْجِبَالِ 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 Mountains, chiefs, big or proud persons, lords, mighty persons To form, create, mix (clay with water) |
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | جَمْعٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَرْفُوْعٌ | ج ب ل | بَاب نَصَرَ | جَبَلَ يَجْبُلُ | فِعَالٌ | اسْمٌ | الْجَمْعُ التَّكْثِيْرُ |
| Definite | Plural | Feminine | Nominative | Root | Mountains | ن أَو ض | Pattern | Noun | Broken plural |
| Surah/ | Below are the 9 verses in the holy Quran containing the broken plural, feminine noun | الْجِبَالِ |
| Verse | ||
| and when Moosa (AS) came to Our appointment and his Lord spoke to him | وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوْسَى لِمِيْقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ | |
| he said, “O my Lord! show me so I may look at You” | قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنْظُرْ إِلَيْكَ | |
| He said, “not you will (able) see Me but look at the mountain | قَال لَنْ تَرَانِي وَلَاكِنِ انْظُرْ إِلَى الجَبَلِ | |
| if it remains in its place then you shall see Me” | فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي | |
| so, when his Lord revealed His Glory to the mountains | فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّى رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ | |
| He made it levelled and Moosa (AS) fell down unconscious | جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوْسَى صَعِقًا | |
| and when he recovered, he said, “glory be to You! | فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ | |
| 7-143 | I turn to you (repenting) and I am the first of the believers” | تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ |
| and it sailed with them on the waves like mountains | وَهِيَ تَجْرِي بِهِمْ فِيْ مَوْجٍ كَالجِبَالِ | |
| and Nuh (AS) called out to his son | وَنَادَى نُوْحٌ ابْنَهُ | |
| and he was in apart, “O my son! Embark with us | وَكَانَ فِيْ مَعْزِلٍ يَا بُنَيَّ ارْكَبْ مَّعَنَا | |
| 11-42 | and do not be with the disbelievers” | وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ الكَافِرِيْنَ |
| 15-82 | ||
| 16-68 | ||
| 16-81 | ||
| 20-105 | ||
| 26-149 | ||
| 33-72 | ||
| 35-27 | ||
| 88-19 | and at the mountains, how they are rooted? | وَإِلَى الجِبَالِ كَيْفَ نُصِبَتْ |