مَالُ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – مَالُ 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
المَالُ 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
المَالُ loses it’s definite article, changing to مَالُ due to it being a possessed noun
Riches, Wealth, Substance, Possession
| Grammatical analysis of مَالُ | ||
| اسْمٌ مَرْفُوْعٌ بِالضَّمَّةِ الزَّاهِرَةِ وَهُوَ مُضَافٌ | ||
| الْمَعْرِفَةُ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَرْفُوْعٌ | م و ل | بَابٌ نَصَرَ | مَالَ يَمُولُ | فَعْلٌ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Definite | Singular | Masculine | Nominative | Root | Wealth | ن | Pattern | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Possession | |||||||||
| Surah/ | Below are 3 verses in the holy Quran containing the nominative, possessed noun | مَالُ |
| Verse | ||
| 71-21 | ||
| 92-11 | and his wealth will not avail him when he falls | وَمَا يُغْنِي عَنْهُ مَالُهُ إِذَا تَرَدَّى |
| 111-2 | His wealth will not benefit him nor whatever he has earned | مَآ أَغْنَى عَنْهُ مَالُهُ وَ مَا كَسَبَ |