Relative Pronouns · الأسماء الموصولة

Words like who, which, that

2 Quran examples

The rule

Relative pronouns connect clauses and refer back to a noun.

الَّذِي (alladhī) - who/which (masculine singular)

الَّتِي (allatī) - who/which (feminine singular)

الَّذِينَ (alladhīna) - who/which (masculine plural)

اللَّاتِي/اللَّائِي (allātī) - who/which (feminine plural)

مَا (mā) - what/that which (for non-rational)

مَنْ (man) - who (for rational beings)

In the Quran· tap the reference to open the verse

ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ

Alladhīna yu'minūna bil-ghayb

Those who believe in the unseen

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ

Ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim

The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor