قُرْآنٌ Quran in Arabic

فقال النبي ﷺ فقهوا أخاكم في دينه، وأقرئوه القرآن وأطلقوا له أسيره ففعلوا

Then the Prophet ﷺ said: Educate your brother in his religion, teach him the Quran, and release his captive, and they did so.

الْقُرْآنَ the Quran

al- = 'the'; Quran; the '-a' ending marks it as the object — 'the Quran'.

From Early Converts to Islam

فمن كان خطؤه لتفريطه فيما يجب عليه من اتباع القرآن والإيمان مثلا،

Whoever errs due to negligence in following the Qur'an and faith, for example,

ٱلْقُرْآنِ the Qur'an

Genitive owner of 'following' — 'the Quran'.

From Judging by Revelation

رجل تعلم العلم وعلمه وقرأ القرآن وأقرأه ليقول الناس هو عالم وقارئ،

A man who learned knowledge, taught it, and recited the Quran, but did so for people's praise, saying: He is a scholar and a reciter,

القُرْآنَ the Quran

Direct object of 'recited', in the accusative (the '-a'); the 'al-' marks the specific Scripture. The accusative ending shows it is what was recited.

From Deeds for God Alone

وَأَنت إِذا تدبرت الْقُرْآن وأجرته من التحريف

And when you reflect on the Quran and protect it from distortion,

الْقُرْآنَ the Quran

Direct object of 'pondered', accusative ('-a'), definite. The thing reflected upon.

From God's Majesty

لا يمنع الكافر من سماع القرآن لقول الله تعالى

The disbeliever is not prevented from hearing the Quran, as per the saying of Allah, the Exalted.

الْقُرْآنِ the Quran

Owner in 'the hearing of the Quran,' in the -i form. The text itself is what may be heard; the disbeliever is free to listen to it.

From Teaching the Quran to Non-Muslims

وهل يجوز تعليمه القرآن قال أصحابنا

And is it permissible to teach him the Quran? Our scholars said...

الْقُرْآنَ the Quran

Even though 'teaching' is a noun, it keeps a verb's appetite for an object: 'the Quran,' in the -a form, is what is taught. Action-nouns govern objects just as the verbs behind them do.

From Teaching the Quran to Non-Muslims

وبأن القرآن المنزل كلام الله تعالى غير مخلوق،

and that the revealed Quran is the uncreated word of Allah,

القُرْآنَ the Quran

This is the subject of the 'that'-clause, but it wears an accusative ending because the 'anna' before it forced that case — not because it is an object. It is 'the Quran', about which the clause makes its claim. Definite, and described by what follows.

From Scripture Over Speculation

أحدهما أنه هو المعهود من طريقة القرآن من الاستدلال بالمبدأ على المعاد

One is that it is the established method in the Quran to infer the resurrection from the creation.

القُرْآنِ in the Quran

This is the owner noun 'the Quran' closing 'the method of the Quran', in the genitive of the possessive pair, made definite by 'the'. It fixes whose method is meant and lends definiteness back to 'method'.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

الثالث أنه لم يأت لهذا المعنى في القرآن نظير في موضع واحد ولا أنكره أحد حتى يقيم سبحانه الدليل عليه

The third is that there is no counterpart to this meaning in any part of the Quran, nor has anyone denied it to necessitate that God establishes evidence for it.

القُرْآنِ the Quran

This is the owner noun 'the Quran' in the genitive forced by the preposition before it, made definite by 'the'. It names the text in which no parallel occurs.

From Ten Proofs of Resurrection

وليكثر من ذكر الله، ومن تلاوة القرآن، ومن مجالسة الصالحين

Let him frequently remember God, recite the Qur'an, and seek the company of the righteous.

القُرْآنِ the Qur'an

The owner that closes 'recitation of the Qur'an', sitting directly after the action-noun. Being the owning noun it takes the genitive ending, and its 'the' makes the whole pairing definite.

From A Sound Heart Knows

وَكَمْ مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ تَدُورُ عَلَى الْأَلْسِنِ مَثَلًا جَاءَ الْقُرْآنُ بِالْخَصِّ مِنْهَا وَأَحْسَنَ

And how many phrases circulate on the tongues as an example, which the Quran has refined and improved.

الْقُرْآنُ the Quran

This is 'the Quran', definite with 'al-', the subject of 'came', placed after its verb in the nominative as the doer. It names what addressed or refined the saying. The verb-then-subject order is standard Arabic.

From When Scripture Answers Proverbs

أعلم أن من استخف بالقرآن أو المصحف أو بشئ منه أو سبهما أو جحد حرفا منه أو كذب بشئ مما صرح به

He knew that whoever belittled the Qur'an or the mus'haf, or any part of it, or insulted both of them, or denied a letter of it, or lied about what it clearly states.

بِالْقُرْآنِ by the Qur'an

A preposition 'with/at' fused to a noun bearing al- ('the'); this belittling verb takes its object through bi- rather than directly. The preposition puts the noun in the (genitive) ending. So the word marks definiteness and channels the offence onto the Quran.

From Honoring the Quran