Al-Fātiḥa in 360°
Every lens on every word
Seven ayat, twenty-nine words. Choose a word, then look at it through morphology, its root family, its role in the sentence and the concepts it points to.
Al-Fātiḥa in 360°
“All praise is for Allah, Lord of all the worlds.”
All praises and thanksتمام تعریف1:2:1
ٱلْأل التعريفdefinite article
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حَمْدُاسمnoun
masculinenominativeLemma: حَمْد
This word is made of two segments: a definite article (ٱلْ) and a noun (حَمْدُ).
The noun (حَمْدُ) is masculine, nominative; root ح م د; lemma حَمْد.
Moon letter (ḥarf qamarī): the lām of al- is pronounced, with sukūn.
ٱ at the start is hamzat al-waṣl: it is sounded only when you begin reading from this word, and skipped when joined to the word before.