Al-Fatiha · 1:5
اِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَاِيَّاكَ نَسْتَع۪ينُۜ
It is You we worship; it is You we ask for help
اِيَّاكَ
iyyāka
- Meaning
- You alone
- Part of speech
- Detached pronoun (ضمير منفصل)
- Word parts
- إِيَّا (pronoun base) + كَ (you, 2nd sg.)
- Gender
- 2nd person masculine
- Number
- Singular
- Role
- Object (maf‘ūl bihi), fronted for exclusivity
- Governor
- the verb نَعْبُدُ
- Case
- Accusative position (mabnī)
- Grammar
- Object pronoun placed before the verb to mean ‘You alone we worship’; it is built (mabnī) in the accusative position.