Quran 51:18: The Last Testament

Before dawn, they would seek forgiveness.

51:18Verse 4740 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَبِالْاَسْحَارِ

wabil-asḥāri

And in the hours before dawn

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And in the hours before dawn

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaبِbiاāلْlاَāaسْsحَḥaاāرِri

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ROOTس ح ر

WHAT THIS ISA naming word (a noun) with 3 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).

“بِ” (bi)means “in / with / by.” It is a preposition: it links this word to the next word or phrase.Corpus grammarP — prefixed preposition.

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

“أَسْحَارِ” (ʾaasḥāri)means “And in the hours before dawn” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine — plural, genitive.Corpus grammarN — masculine plural genitive noun.