The noun in the nominative with which a sentence begins, free of any expressed governor.
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النَّحْوNahw — Syntax
How words are governed in a sentence: the cases, their governors, and the signs by which they are known.
5 entriesالصَّرْفSarf — MorphologyHow the root is turned through its patterns: the measures of the verb and the nouns derived from them.
3 entriesالبَلاغَةBalagha — RhetoricSpeech that fits its situation: the sciences of meanings, of exposition, and of embellishment.
3 entriesالفِقْهFiqh — JurisprudenceThe practical rulings of the Sharīʿa and the detailed evidences they are drawn from.
1 entryالعَقِيدَةAqidah — CreedWhat a Muslim believes: the oneness of Allah, His names and attributes, prophethood and the hereafter.
1 entryالسِّيرَةSeerah — Prophetic biographyThe life of the Prophet ﷺ, read as the lived commentary on revelation.
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Weighing a word against fāʾ–ʿayn–lām, so that its root letters and its added letters can be told apart at a glance.
Read entryA simile one of whose two terms has been dropped: the word is borrowed for what it does not literally name, and the likeness is what licenses the loan.
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