Arabic Translation Practice (Part One)

Practical Exercises with the Iḍāfah

● Study the translations of the following blessed Qur'anic phrases carefully:
○ The House of Allah: -> بَيْتُ اللهِ (بَيْتُ is the muḍāf without al-, and اَللهِ is the genitive muḍāf ilayh.)
○ The Book of Allah: -> كِتَابُ اللهِ
○ The servant of Allah: -> عَبْدُ اللهِ
○ The help of Allah: -> نَصْرُ اللهِ
○ The one who establishes the prayer: -> مُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةِ (Tanwīn is removed from مُقِيمٌ: مُقِيمٌ → مُقِيمُ.)
○ The day of Friday: -> يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ
○ The Knower of the unseen: -> عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ
○ The believer's ascent: -> مِعْرَاجُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
○ The believer's prison: -> سِجْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
○ The disbeliever's paradise: -> جَنَّةُ الْكَافِرِ
○ A traveller on a path: -> عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ (سَبِيلٍ is indefinite, giving an indefinite meaning.)
○ The boy's two books: -> كِتَابَا الْوَلَدِ (The nūn of كِتَابَانِ is dropped.)
○ Zayd's two houses: -> بَيْتَا زَيْدٍ (The nūn of بَيْتَانِ is dropped.)