نَعْبُدُ
A word in the Arabic language will either be: 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – نَعْبُدُ is a verb
A verb will either be: 1) past tense or 2) present or future tense or 3) a command or request verb, also called an imperative – نَعْبُدُ is a present tense verb
To serve, worship, adore, venerate, obey, accept the impression of a thing, submit, devote
| Grammatical analysis of نَعْبُدُ |
| فِعْلٌ مُضَارِعٌ مَرْفُوْعٌ بِالضَّمَّةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ |
| فَاعِلُهُ ضَمِيْرٌ مُسْتَتِرٌ تَقْدِيْرُهُ نَحْنُ |
| نَحْنُ – الْمُتَكَلِّمُ | صَحِيْحٌ / سَالِمٌ | فِعْلٌ تَامٌ | ع ب د | عَبَدَ يَعْبُدُ | بَابٌ نَصَرَ |
| Subject – We | Sound verb | Complete verb | Root | ن | اَلْمَصْدَرُ |
| فِعْلٌ | |||||
| Verb of command/request | فِعْلُ أَمْرٍ | Present and future tense verb | فِعْلٌ مُضَارِعٌ | Past tense verb | فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ |
| He worships | يَعْبُدُ | He worshipped | عَبَدَ | ||
| They two worship | يَعْبُدَانِ | They two worshipped | عَبَدَا | ||
| They all worship | يَعْبُدُوْنَ | They worshipped | عَبَدُوْا | ||
| She worships | تَعْبُدُ | She worshipped | عَبَدَتْ | ||
| They two (feminine) worship | تَعْبُدَانِ | They two (feminine) worshipped | عَبَدَتَا | ||
| They all (feminine) worship | يَعْبُدْنَ | They (feminine) worshipped | عَبَدْنَ | ||
| Worship (You) | أُعْبُدْ | You worship | تَعْبُدُ | You worshipped | عَبَدْتَ |
| Worship (You two) | أُعْبُدَا | You two worship | تَعْبُدَانِ | You two worshipped | عَبَدْتُمَا |
| Worship (You all) | اُعْبُدُوْا | You all worship | تَعْبُدُوْنَ | You all worshipped | عَبَدْتُمْ |
| Worship (You feminine) | أُبُدِي | You (feminine) worship | تَعْبُدِيْنَ | You (feminine) worshipped | عَبَدْتِ |
| Worship (You two feminine) | أُعْبُدَا | You two (feminine) worship | تَعْبُدَانِ | You two (feminine) worshipped | عَبَدْتُمَا |
| Worship (You all feminine) | أُعْبُدْنَ | You all (feminine) worship | تَعْبُدْنَ | You all (feminine) worshipped | عَبَدْتُنَّ |
| I worship | أَعْبُدُ | I worshipped | عَبَدْتُ | ||
| We worship | نَعْبُدُ | We worshipped | عَبَدْنَا | ||
| Surah/ | Below are the 4 verses in the holy Quran containing the first person, plural, imperfect verb | نَعْبُدُ |
| Verse | ||
| 1-5 | Only You we worship and only You we ask for help | إِيَّكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ |
| Or were you witnesses when death came to Yaqub (AS) | أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوْبَ المَوْتُ | |
| when he said to his sons: “What will you worship after me?” | إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيْهِ مَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِى | |
| They said “We shall worship your God and the God of your forefathers Ebrahim (AS) and Ismail (AS) and Ishaq (AS) | قَالُوْا نَعْبُدُ إِلَاهَكَ وَإِلَاهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيْلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ | |
| 2-133 | the One God and to Him we all submit” | إِلَاهًا وَاحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُوْنَ |
| 26-71 | ||
| 26-71 | ||
| 26-71 | ||
| 39-3 | ||
| 39-3 | ||