Practical Exercises with the Iḍāfah

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• Why does the muḍāf ilayh in شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ, 'the month of Ramadan,' take a fatḥah instead of a kasrah?
• In the blessed phrase رَسُولَا اللهِ, 'the two messengers of Allah,' the final nūn of the dual muḍāf has been dropped.
• Select the correct Arabic equivalent of "the servant of Allah":
• Match the following phrases containing dual and plural muḍāf forms with their correct English meanings:
• Sort the following muḍāf ilayh words into fully declinable nouns, which take kasrah, and diptotes, which take fatḥah:
• Select the correct iḍāfah formed by joining the muḍāf إِخْوَةٌ and the diptote muḍāf ilayh يُوسُفُ:
• Sort the words in the iḍāfah رَسُولُ اللهِ, 'the Messenger of Allah,' into their correct grammatical categories:
• Arrange the given words in grammatical order to make the iḍāfah "the one who establishes the prayer":