Grammar
Pronouns reference
Look up any pronoun form at any time. Each example is a real word of the Quran at its own place in the verse.
Pronouns that stand alone
Separate words for I, we, you, he, she and they.
Someone else
he
one · masculine
هُوَ
2:29
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم …
she
one · feminine
هِىَ
Written هِىَ in the Quran text and هِيَ in ordinary spelling — the same word.
2:68
… يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ …
they
more than one · masculine
هُمْ
2:4
… مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ
they two
exactly two · added by this app
هُمَا
Arabic can point at exactly two people or things.
9:40
… ثَانِىَ ٱثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِى ٱلْغَارِ إِذْ …
The person you speak to
you — one man
one · masculine
أَنتَ
2:32
… مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
you — one woman
one · feminine
أَنتِ
The same word with a kasrah at the end. It is not used as a separate word anywhere in the Quran, so no verse example is shown.
This exact form does not occur as a separate word in the Quran, so no verse example is shown.
you all
more than one · masculine
أَنتُمْ
2:85
ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ …
you two
exactly two · added by this app
أَنتُمَا
Used when speaking to exactly two people.
28:35
… يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمَا بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أَنتُمَا وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكُمَا ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ
The speaker
I
one
أَنَا
15:49
نَبِّئْ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
we
more than one
نَحْنُ
2:11
… ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ
Pronouns attached to a word
Short endings that join onto a word: رَبّ (Lord) becomes رَبِّى (my Lord), رَبَّنَا (our Lord), رَبُّهُمْ (their Lord).
Someone else
him / his
one · masculine
ـهُ
The Quran text usually writes it هُۥ, as in رَبُّهُۥ.
2:124
وَإِذِ ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَٰتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ قَالَ …
her / hers
one · feminine
ـهَا
14:25
… كُلَّ حِينٍۭ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ …
them / their
more than one · masculine
ـهُمْ
Also appears as ـهِمْ after a kasrah, as in رَبِّهِمْ.
3:195
فَٱسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّى لَآ أُضِيعُ …
them two / their — two
exactly two · added by this app
ـهُمَا
7:20
فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِيُبْدِىَ لَهُمَا …
The person you speak to
you / your — one man
one · masculine
ـكَ
6:115
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا لَّا …
you / your — one woman
one · feminine
ـكِ
Only the final vowel separates it from ـكَ.
19:21
قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌ …
you / your — all of you
more than one · masculine
ـكُمْ
6:54
… سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ ٱلرَّحْمَةَ …
you two / your — two
exactly two · added by this app
ـكُمَا
7:20
… وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ …
The speaker
us / our
more than one
ـنَا
On a past-tense verb the same letters can be the doer (“we did”) instead.
2:127
… مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآ إِنَّكَ …
my / mine
one
ـي
The Quran text often writes it ى, as in رَبِّى.
3:51
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا …
me
one
ـنِي
Used when “me” is what the verb acts on, as in هَدَىٰنِى — He guided me.
6:161
قُلْ إِنَّنِى هَدَىٰنِى رَبِّىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ …
Endings to recognise
Recurring word endings. Recognise the shape; the exact grammar depends on the word.
a “many” ending
more than one · added by this app
ـونَ
Recognise the shape, do not read a fixed grammar into it: it ends plural describing words (ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ) and it also ends verbs about several people (يُؤْمِنُونَ). Not every word ending in ون works the same way.
2:3
ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ …
a “two” ending
exactly two · added by this app
ـانِ
Often marks exactly two (جَنَّتَانِ — two gardens), but not every ان sequence is a dual: some words simply end in those letters.
34:15
… فِى مَسْكَنِهِمْ ءَايَةٌ جَنَّتَانِ عَن يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ …
Concepts marked worksheet come from the supplied pronoun worksheet. Concepts marked app-extension are additions made for this app (the dual forms and the ending patterns).