LessonsSurah An-Naba — Part 3Quiz

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
Sentence structure
Two passive-event descriptions are joined. ٱلسَّمَآءُ is the passive subject of فُتِحَتْ, then كَانَتْ takes an understood pronoun referring to the sky and أَبْوَٰبًا as its predicate.

وَفُتِحَتِ — and the sky will be opened
Grammar: وَ is a conjunction. فُتِحَتْ is a third-person feminine singular perfect passive verb; the final kasrah facilitates pronunciation before ٱلـ.

ٱلسَّمَآءُ — the sky
Grammar: A definite nominative feminine noun and the passive subject نائب فاعل of فُتِحَتْ.

فَكَانَتْ — then it will become
Grammar: فَـ links the result. كَانَتْ is a third-person feminine singular perfect deficient verb; its noun is the understood هِيَ.

أَبْوَٰبًۭا — gateways
Grammar: An indefinite accusative broken plural and the predicate of كَانَتْ. Its singular is بَاب.

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Surah An-Naba · Ayah 19

Surah An-Naba — Part 3

وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا
Sentence structure
Two passive-event descriptions are joined. ٱلسَّمَآءُ is the passive subject of فُتِحَتْ, then كَانَتْ takes an understood pronoun referring to the sky and أَبْوَٰبًا as its predicate.

وَفُتِحَتِ — and the sky will be opened
Grammar: وَ is a conjunction. فُتِحَتْ is a third-person feminine singular perfect passive verb; the final kasrah facilitates pronunciation before ٱلـ.

ٱلسَّمَآءُ — the sky
Grammar: A definite nominative feminine noun and the passive subject نائب فاعل of فُتِحَتْ.

فَكَانَتْ — then it will become
Grammar: فَـ links the result. كَانَتْ is a third-person feminine singular perfect deficient verb; its noun is the understood هِيَ.

أَبْوَٰبًۭا — gateways
Grammar: An indefinite accusative broken plural and the predicate of كَانَتْ. Its singular is بَاب.