LessonsThe Rule of the Muʿrab: Visible and Estimated CaseQuiz

أَوْ تَقْدِيرِيًّا، نَحْوُ: «جَاءَنِي مُوسَىٰ، وَرَأَيْتُ مُوسَىٰ، وَمَرَرْتُ بِمُوسَىٰ».
Translation: Or the variation may be estimated (not pronounced), as in: “Mūsā came to me; I saw Mūsā; and I passed by Mūsā.”

The written and pronounced form «مُوسَىٰ» stays the same, but its syntactic case is first nominative, then accusative, then genitive. Its final alif maqṣūra cannot carry an overt case vowel.

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The Rule of the Muʿrab: Estimated Case

The Rule of the Muʿrab: Visible and Estimated Case

أَوْ تَقْدِيرِيًّا، نَحْوُ: «جَاءَنِي مُوسَىٰ، وَرَأَيْتُ مُوسَىٰ، وَمَرَرْتُ بِمُوسَىٰ».
Translation: Or the variation may be estimated (not pronounced), as in: “Mūsā came to me; I saw Mūsā; and I passed by Mūsā.”

The written and pronounced form «مُوسَىٰ» stays the same, but its syntactic case is first nominative, then accusative, then genitive. Its final alif maqṣūra cannot carry an overt case vowel.