Introduction to the interrogative pronouns – اِسْمُ الإِسْتِفْهِامِ
Words used at the beginning of the sentence to ask a question are called interrogative pronouns in Arabic.
What
مَاذَا / مَا
Why
لِمَاذَا / لِمَ
Who
مَنْ
For who / for which
لِمَنْ
What
ءَ
Did
هَلْ
When
مَتَى
Since
مُنْذُ
Where
أَيْنَ
In what
فِيْمَا
From where / how come
أَنَّى
How
كَيْفَ
How much
كَمْ
When
أَيَّانَ
Which one / whose (masc.)
أَيٌّ
Which one / whose (fem.)
أَيَّةٌ
Do
أَمْ
About what
عَمَّ / عَمَّا
From what
مِمَّ / مِمَّا
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Examples of interrogative pronouns used in the Holy Quran
قَالُوا أَإِنَّكَ لَأَنتَ يُوسُفُ
They said, “Are you indeed Joseph?” (12:90)
قُلْ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَكْبَرُ شَهَادَةً
Say, “What thing is greatest in testimony?” (6:19)
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ
Or do you think that you will enter Paradise (2:214)
مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? (2:255)
وَمَا تِلْكَ بِيَمِينِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ
And what is that in your right hand, O Moses?” (20:17)
يَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا يُنفِقُونَ
They ask you, [O Muhammad], what they should spend. (2:215)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ
O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? (61:2)
قَالَ كَمْ لَبِثْتَ
وَانظُرْ إِلَى الْعِظَامِ كَيْفَ نُنشِزُهَا ثُمَّ نَكْسُوهَا لَحْمًا
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