The use of the jussive articles (لم-lam, لما- lamma, لا الناهية- prohibition la, and لام الامر- imperative l prefix)‎ in the holy quran and their realization in english

Abstract EN

This work tackles the use of the first group of the jussive articles ( in the Holy Quran and their realization in English by consulting the opinion of four translators.

Each Ayah is used to show the effect of a single article on the imperfect verb after it.

This effect differs from one verb into another according to the type of this imperfect verb; The “Quiescence” (السكون) if the verb ends with a consonant, the elimination of the end vowel if the verb ends with a vowel and the elimination of N (حذف النون) if the verb is among the Arabic five verbs (الافعال الخمسة).

Each Ayah is analyzed in certain steps: the translation of four translators, the exeges of the certain Ayah, a grammatical analysis according to the opinion of the Arabic grammarians, and an analysis of the four translations adopted in relation to jussive.