Quran 36:39: The Last Testament

The moon: We have measured it to appear in stages, until it returns to being like an old curved sheath.

36:39Verse 3777 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَالْقَمَرَ

wal-qamara

And the moon

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And the moon

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاāلْlقَqaمَmaرَra

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ROOTق م ر

WHAT THIS ISA naming word (a noun) with 2 attached parts

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).

“الْ” (al)the Arabic equivalent of “the.” It makes the following noun specific.Corpus grammarDET — prefixed definite article.

“قَمَرَ” (qamara)means “And the moon” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine, accusative.Corpus grammarN — accusative noun.