إِذْ نَادَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Ayah summary
Allah called Musa in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
Sentence structure
إِذْ specifies when the account occurred. نَادَىٰهُ is the verb with object pronoun, رَبُّهُۥ its subject, and بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى identifies the sacred valley of Tuwa.
إِذْ — when
Grammar: A time adverb linked to أَتَىٰكَ in the preceding ayah, introducing the event.
نَادَىٰهُ — He called him
Grammar: نَادَىٰ is a form III third-person masculine singular perfect verb. Attached هُ is its object pronoun referring to Musa.
رَبُّهُۥ — his Lord
Grammar: رَبُّ is the nominative explicit subject and مضاف; attached هُۥ is a possessive pronoun in the genitive position.
بِٱلْوَادِ — in the valley
Grammar: بِ is a preposition, ٱلْوَادِ a definite masculine genitive noun, and the phrase is linked to نَادَىٰ.
ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ — the sacred
Grammar: A definite masculine singular genitive form II passive participle functioning as adjective of ٱلْوَادِ.
طُوًى — Tuwa
Grammar: A proper place-name in the genitive position as apposition to ٱلْوَادِ, with its case ending estimated on the final alif maqṣūrah.