LessonsThe Tawābiʿ and Naʿt: Direct and Relational AttributesQuiz

جَاءَنِي رَجُلٌ عَالِمٌ أَبُوهُ — A man whose father is learned came to me.
جَاءَ: past verb, -nī its object.
رَجُلٌ: nominative subject.
عَالِمٌ: nominative relational adjective of rajulun.
أَبُوهُ: agent of the active participle, nominative with wāw (one of the six nouns); -hu is mudāf ilayh referring back to the man.

It is the father, not necessarily the man, who is learned.

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Full Parsing: A Man Whose Father Is Learned

The Tawābiʿ and Naʿt: Direct and Relational Attributes

جَاءَنِي رَجُلٌ عَالِمٌ أَبُوهُ — A man whose father is learned came to me.
جَاءَ: past verb, -nī its object.
رَجُلٌ: nominative subject.
عَالِمٌ: nominative relational adjective of rajulun.
أَبُوهُ: agent of the active participle, nominative with wāw (one of the six nouns); -hu is mudāf ilayh referring back to the man.

It is the father, not necessarily the man, who is learned.