LessonsMafʿūl Mā Lam Yusamma Fāʿiluhu — The Passive SubjectQuiz

قَرَأَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الْكِتَابَ — The teacher read the book: «الْمُعَلِّمُ» is the nominative agent; «الْكِتَابَ» the accusative object.

قُرِئَ الْكِتَابُ — The book was read: «قُرِئَ» is the past passive; «الْكِتَابُ» the nominative passive subject.

The book did not perform the reading; its syntactic function changed, not its semantic role.

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Full Parsing of an Active-Passive Pair

Mafʿūl Mā Lam Yusamma Fāʿiluhu — The Passive Subject

قَرَأَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الْكِتَابَ — The teacher read the book: «الْمُعَلِّمُ» is the nominative agent; «الْكِتَابَ» the accusative object.

قُرِئَ الْكِتَابُ — The book was read: «قُرِئَ» is the past passive; «الْكِتَابُ» the nominative passive subject.

The book did not perform the reading; its syntactic function changed, not its semantic role.