9/13.9 – Derivative 9 The Source اَلْمَصْدَرُ
Section 13.9 – Derivative 9 The Source اَلْمَصْدَرُ al-mas-da-ru Examples
As mentioned before. the source is similar to an infinitive in English language. The infinitive is a grammar term that refers to a basic Verb form that acts as a Noun and is often preceded by the word "to". Exceptions do occur though and It is not always preceded by to.
The source is that which defines the work that is being done like “to listen سَمِعٌ sa-mi-‘un”. We know that its root is س م عwith form I سas you will find out later.
There are no particular rules for making a Source اَلْمَصْدَرُ al-mas-da-ruand there is a large number of scales that are used and we are dependent upon the native speakers to determine the source for a given root. Below are some examples for words used extensively in Qur’an:
Masdar examples
| Verb English | Verb Past tense فِعلُ الْمَاضىْ Fei’l-ul-maa-di | Source المَصدَرُ Al-mas-da-ru Meaning | Source المَصدَرُ Al-mas-da-ru Scales |
| He knew | عَلِمَ
‘ali-ma | knowledge | عِلْمًا ‘i-man |
| He made, created | جَعَلَ
Ja’-a-la | To make | جَعْلاً Ja’-lan |
| He disbelieved/hide | كَفَرَ
Ka-fa-ra | To disbelieve/hide | كُفْرًا Kuf-ran |
| He came | جَآءَ
Jaa-‘a | To bring | جِئًا Ji-‘an |
| He worked | عَمِلَ
‘ami-la | To work | عَمَلاً ‘ama-lan |
| He saw | رَءَا
Ra-‘aa | To see | رُؤيةً Roo-ya-tan |
| He came | أَتَى
ataa | To come | إِتْيَانًا It-yaa-nan |
| He willed | شَآءَ
Sha-‘a | To will | شَيْئًا Shai-an |
| He created | خَلَقَ
Kha-la-qa | To create | خَلْقًا Kha-la-qan |
| He called upon, invoked | دَعَا
Da-‘aa | To call/ask | دُعَاءً Du-aa-an |
| He guided/advised | هَدَى
Ha-daa | To guide | هُدَىً Hu-dan |
| He caught, grabbed | أَخَذَ
a-kha-za | To take | أَخْذًا Akha-zan |
| He adored, worshiped | عَبَدَ
‘a-ba-da | To worship | عِبادَةً ‘Ibaa-da-tan |
| He was unfair, unjust | ظَلَمَ
Za-la-ma | To be unfair, unjust | ظُلْمًا Zul-ma |
| He asked, inquired | سَأَلَ
Sa-a-la | To question | سُؤالًا Suwaa-lan |
| He discovered, found out | وَجَدَ
Wa-ja-da | To find/discover | وَجْدًا Waj-dan |
| He ate | أَكَلَ
aa-ka-la | To eat | أَكْلاً Ak-lan |
| He worked | فَعَلَ
Fa-‘a-la | To do | فَعْلاً Fa’-lan |
| He looked | نَظَرَ
Na-za-ra | To see | نَظَرًا Naz-ran |
| He reflected, remembered | ذَكَرَ
Dha-ka-ra | To remember | ذِكْرًا Dhik-ran |
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