Quran 77:2: The Last Testament

By the blows that explode.

Translation endnotes

[77:1-6] For the meaning and function of the Quranic oaths, see 89:5.

77:2Verse 5697 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَالْعَاصِفَاتِ

fal-ʿāṣifāti

And the winds that blow

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And the winds that blow

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاāلْlعَʿaاāصِṣiفَfaاāتِti

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ROOTع ص ف

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

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)a joining word meaning “then / so.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction fa (then / so).

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

“عَٰصِفَٰتِ” (ʿāṣifāti)means “And the winds that blow” in this verse. It is a noun form. a word describing a doer or an action in progress. Its opening “mu-” is part of this word pattern, not a separate added word.Corpus grammarN — feminine plural genitive active noun.