دِيْنُ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – دِيْنُ 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
الدِّيْنُ is the natural state of this definite noun and it is in this state ( مَرْفُوْعٌ) when the noun is: 1) the subject المُبْتَدَأُ or 2) the predicate الخَبَرُ or 3) اسْمُ كَانَ or 4) خَبَرُ إِنَّ or 5) الفَاعِلُ subject of a verb in the active voice or 6) نَائِبُ الفَاعِلِ subject of a verb in the passive voice or 7) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
الدِّيْنُ loses it’s definite article, changing to دِيْنُ due to it being a possessed noun
To be indebted, profess a faith, give a loan, be honored, be revealed, comply, rebel, serve, possess, judge, reveal, submit, requit
| Grammatical analysis of دِيْنُ |
| اسْمٌ مَرْفُوْعٌ بِالضَّمَّةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ |
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَرْفُوْعٌ | د ي ن | بَاب ضَرَبَ | دَانَ يَدِيْنُ | فِعْلٌ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Nominative | Root | Religion of | ض | Pattern | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Surah/ | Below are the 3 verses in the holy Quran containing the possessed noun | دِيْنُ |
| Verse | ||
| when the hypocrites and those who in their hearts is a disease say | إِذْ يَقُوْلُ المًنَافِقُوْنَ وَالَّذِيْنَ فِي قُلُوْبِهِم مَّرَضٌ | |
| “Their religion deluded these people” and who trusts in Allah (SWT) | غَرَّ هَآؤُلَآءِ دِيْنُهُمْ وَمَن يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللهِ | |
| 8-49 | then truly Allah (SWT) is All-Mighty, All-Wise | فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزِيْزٌ حَكِيْمٌ |
| And they were not commanded except to worship Allah (SWT), | وَمَآ أُمِرُوْا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوْا اللهَ | |
| being sincere to Him, the upright religion, and to establish the prayer, | مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ حُنَفَآءَ وَيُقِيْمُوْا الصَّلَاةَ | |
| 98-5 | and to give the charity (obligatory tax), and that is the correct religion | وَيُؤْتُوْا الزَّكَاةَ وَذَلِكَ دِيْنُ القَيِّمَةِ |
| 109-6 | For you your religion and for me my religion | لَكُمْ دِيْنُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِيْنِ |