Demonstrative Pronouns

Question 1

What is the Arabic for “This” (masculine)?

Answer 1

هَٰذَا

هَٰذَا كِتَٰبُنَا يَنطِقُ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْحَقِّ
“This, Our record, speaks about you in truth.” (Qur’an 45:29, Sahih International)

Question 2

What is the Arabic for “That” (masculine)?

Answer 2

ذَٰلِكَ

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ
“That is the Book about which there is no doubt.” (Qur’an 2:2, Sahih International)

Question 3

What is the Arabic for “This” (feminine)?

Answer 3

هَٰذِهِ

إِنَّ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ
“Indeed this, your religion, is one religion.” (Qur’an 21:92, Sahih International)

Question 4

What is the Arabic for “That” (feminine)?

Answer 4

تِلْكَ

تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌۭ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
“That was a nation who has passed away. Theirs is that which they earned, and yours is that which you earn. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.”
(Qur’an 2:141, Sahih International)

Question 5

What is the Arabic for “These” (plural)?

Answer 5

هَٰؤُلَاءِ

هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً
“These, our people, have taken besides Him deities.” (Qur’an 18:15, Sahih International)

Question 6

What is the Arabic for “Those” (plural)?

Answer 6

أُوۡلَٰئِكَ

أُوۡلَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًۭى مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ
“Those are upon guidance from their Lord.” (Qur’an 2:5, Sahih International)

Question 7

What is the Arabic for “He who / The one who” (masculine)?

Answer 7

ٱلَّذِي

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ
“He is the one who created and proportioned.” (Qur’an 87:2, Sahih International)

Question 8

What is the Arabic for “She who / The one who” (feminine)?

Answer 8

ٱلَّتِي

وَٱلَّتِي أَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا فَنَفَخْنَا فِيهَا مِن رُّوحِنَا
“And the one who guarded her chastity, so We blew into her through Our angel.” (Qur’an 21:91, Sahih International)

Question 9

What is the Arabic for “Those who” (plural, masculine)?

Answer 9

ٱلَّذِينَ

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْءَاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ
“And those who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain.” (Qur’an 2:4, Sahih International)

Question 10

What is the Arabic for “Those who” (plural, double meaning word)?

Answer 10

ٱلَّٰتِي

وَٱلَّٰتِي يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ
“And those who commit immorality among your women.” (Qur’an 4:15, Sahih International)

Question 11

What is the Arabic for “These” (plural, double meaning word)?

Answer 11

هَٰذِهِ

وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَنْعَامٌۭ وَحَرْثٌۭ حِجْرٌۭ لَّا يَطْعَمُهُۥٓ إِلَّا مَن نَّشَاءُ
“And they say, “These animals and crops are forbidden; no one may eat from them except whom we will,”(Qur’an 6:138, Sahih International)

Question 12

What is the Arabic for “Those (plural, double meaning word)”?

Answer 12

تِلْكَ

تِلْكَ ٱلرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ
“Those messengers—some of them We caused to exceed others.” (Qur’an 2:253, Sahih International)