← Quranic Arabic
Level A2
Particles and Key Phrases
11 Quranic words · ~18 min
Focus: Essential Quranic particles (laʿalla, law, idh, ḥattā) and beloved Islamic phrases
Lesson overview
Particles and Key Phrases is a level A2 Quranic vocabulary lesson of 11 words: 5 phrases, 4 particles and 2 nouns. Its words come from 3 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Quranic Verbs of Action (A2)
- Leads to: Faith, Monotheism, and Hypocrisy (A2)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
لَعَلَّ laʿalla | perhaps / so that / maybe | particle | |
لَوْ law | if (counterfactual) / had | particle | |
إِذْ idh | when / at the time when | particle | |
حَتَّى ḥattā | until / so that / even | particle | |
الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ aṣ-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm | the straight path | phrase | |
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā billāh | There is no power nor strength except through God | phrase | |
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ astaghfiru Allāh | I seek forgiveness from God | phrase | غ-ف-ر |
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ innā lillāhi wa-innā ilayhi rājiʿūn | Indeed we belong to God and indeed to Him we will return | phrase | |
أَمْرٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ amr bil-maʿrūf | commanding good / enjoining what is right | phrase | |
سُورَةٌ sūrah | chapter (of the Quran) | noun | س-و-ر |
فَاتِحَةٌ fātiḥah | opening / the Opening (first surah) | noun | ف-ت-ح |
Themes these words belong to: Quranic (11)
Sample word cards
لَعَلَّ
laʿalla
perhaps / so that / maybe
لَوْ
law
if (counterfactual) / had
إِذْ
idh
when / at the time when
Exercises and spaced review for all 11 words
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