Quran 22:44: The Last Testament

The dwellers of Midian; and Moses was denied. So I granted respite to the ingrates then I took them, how then was My punishment?

22:44Verse 2659 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَاَصْحَابُ

wa-aṣḥābu

And the inhabitants

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form أصحاب. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

And the inhabitants

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاَāaصْṣحَḥaاāبُbu

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ROOTص ح ب

WHAT THIS ISA naming word (a noun) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“أَصْحَٰبُ” (ʾaaṣḥābu)means “And the inhabitants” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine — plural, nominative.Corpus grammarN — masculine plural nominative noun.