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The Issue: Neither "nastaeen" nor "narham" has a final noon that drops — the verb ends with dhamma or another letter. This card addresses…

The phonetic syllable in Arabic: The phonetic syllable is a pronunciation unit beginning with a consonant followed by a vowel. In tajweed…

Verse: "In Joseph and his brothers were signs for those who ask." (12:7) "The most beautiful of stories": Allah called it at the sura…

Verse: "And I do not acquit myself — indeed the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil, except those upon which my Lord has mercy." (12:53)…

Verse: "So patience is most fitting. And Allah is the one sought for help against what you describe." (12:18) Context: His sons brough…

Verse: "O my sons — go and search for Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of Allah's relief. Indeed none despairs of Allah's relief…

Verse: "So patience is most fitting, and Allah is the one sought for help against what you describe." (12:18) — Said by Yaqub when he saw …

Verse: "And Allah is predominant over His affairs but most people do not know." (12:21) — Said by Allah in Yusuf's story when he was sold …

Quranic context: Yusuf (AS) had a remarkable dream and told his father Yaqub: he saw eleven stars, the sun, and the moon prostrating to h…

Quranic context: The minister's wife tried to seduce Yusuf and locked the doors. He sought refuge in Allah and fled. His shirt was torn f…

Quranic context: Yusuf entered prison alongside two young men. Each had a dream and asked for its interpretation. Before answering, Yusuf…

Quranic context: The king of Egypt dreamed of seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, and seven green ears of grain and others dry…

Quranic context: Yaqub (peace be upon him) endured the separation from two of his sons: first Yusuf, whose brothers claimed was devoured b…

Quranic context: After years of absence, Yusuf brothers confess their crime and submit to him as the Aziz of Egypt — and his response is a…

Rational metaphor (majaz aqli): Attributing an action or quality to something other than what actually performs it — not in the word but i…

The Quranic story is not literary fiction: Literary fiction seeks excitement and entertainment, presenting events in chronological order. …

Definition of mursal metaphor: Using a word in other than its original meaning through a relation other than resemblance, with a contextua…