أَصْحَابِ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – أَصْحَابِ 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
الأَصْحَابُ is the natural state of this definite noun and becomes الأَصْحَابِ 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
الأَصْحَابِ loses it’s definite article, becoming أَصْحَابِ due to it being a possessed noun
Companions, associates, possessor of any quality or thing, one with an intimate relation with anything, fellow and showing any type of connection or link, helper
To company, associate, be the friend of or companion to
| Grammatical analysis of أَصْحَابِ |
| اسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ بِالكَسْرَةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ وَهُوَ مُضَافٌ |
| مَعْرِفَةٌ | جَمْعٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | ص ح ب | بَاب سَمِعَ | صَحِبَ يَصْحَبُ | أَفْعَالٌ | اسْمٌ | الْجَمْعُ التَّكْثِيْرُ |
| Definite | Plural | Masculine | Genitive | Root | Companions | س | Pattern | Noun | Broken plural |
| Surah/ | Below are the 15 verses in the holy Quran containing the 16 occurrences of the genitive, possessed noun | أَصْحَابِ |
| Verse | ||
| Verily We have sent you with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner | إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَاكَ بِالحَقِّ بَشِيْرًا وَنَذِيْرًا | |
| 2-119 | and you will not be asked about the companions of the blazing fire | وَلَا تُسْئَلُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الجَحِيْمِ |
| “Truly I wish that you be laden with my sin and your sin so you will be from the companions of the fire | إِنِّي أُرِيْدُ أَنْ تَبُوْأَ بِإِثْمِي وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُوْنَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ | |
| 5-29 | and that is the recompense of the wrong doers” | وَذَلِكَ جَزَآؤُا الظَّالِمِيْنَ |
| and when their eyes are turned towards the companions of the fire | وَإِذَا صُرِفَتْ أَبْصَارُهُمْ تِلْقَآءَ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ | |
| 7-47 | they say, “Our Lord, make us not with the wrongdoing people” | قَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا مَعَ القَوْمِ الظَّالِمِيْنَ |
| Did not come to them the news of those from before them, the people of Nuh (AS) and Aad and Thamud | أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِيْنَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوْحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُوْدَ | |
| and the people of Ebrahim (AS) and the companions of Madian and the towns overthrown | وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ وَأَصْحَابِ مَدْيَنَ وَالمُؤْتَفِكَاتِ | |
| their messengers came to them with the clear signs | أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالبَيِّنَاتِ | |
| 9-70 | so, not was Allah (SWT) to wrong them but they used to wrong themselves | فَمَا كَانَ اللهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَاكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُوْنَ |
| 35-6 | ||
| 39-8 | ||
| 46-16 | ||
| 51-59 | ||
| 56-38 | ||
| 56-90 | ||
| 56-91 | ||
| 60-13 | ||
| 67-10 | ||
| 67-11 | ||
| 67-11 | ||
| 105-1 | Did you not see how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant? | أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيْلِ |