Arabic Whose
who – الَّذِي
- A relative pronoun is a pronoun which refers or relates to some noun preceding it e.g., if we say:
| English | Arabic |
| This is Muhammad who has passed | هَـٰذَا مُحَمَّدٌ الَّذِي نَجَحَ |
| This is the door which is in front of the mosque | هَـٰذَا الْبَابُ الَّذِي أَمَامَ الْمَسْجِدِ |
| This is the cat that has sat | هَـٰذَا الْقِطٌّ الَّذِي جَلَسَ |
- In the above sentences, the nouns Muhammad, door and cat are called antecedents and the words who, which and that refer to them respectively. In Arabic however all these three words (who, which and that) are represented by a single word الَّذِي
| Translation | Transliteration | الاسْمُ الْمَوْصُولُ |
| Allah who has created humans | Allâh al-ladhī khalaqa al insān | اللهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الإِنْسَانَ. |
| The student who is in a school | Aŧ-ŧâlibu al-ladhī fi madrasatin | الطَّالِبُ الَّذِي فِي مَدْرَسَةٍ. |
| Picture | English | Arabic |
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| The beautiful pen which is on a desk belongs to the teacher | الْقَلَمُ الْجَمِيلُ الَّذِي عَلَىٰ مَكْتَبٍ لِلْمُدَرِّسِ. |
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| The bed that is in Khalid’s room is broken | السَّرِيْرُ الَّذِي فِي غُرْفَةِ خَالِدٍ مَكْسُورٌ. |
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| The student who is sitting is from Indonesia | الطَّالِبُ الَّذِي هُوَ جَالِسٌ مِنْ إِنْدُونِيسِيَا. |
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| The house which is in front of the mosque belongs to the Muadhin (person who gives the “Adhaan” – call for prayer). | الْبَيْتُ الَّذِي أمَامَ الْمَسْجِدِ لِلْمُؤَذِّنِ. |
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| The road that is near the school is crowded |
