Quran 81:17: The Last Testament

The night when it passes.

Translation endnotes

[81:15-19] For the meaning and function of the Quranic oaths, see 89:5.

81:17Verse 5894 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَالَّيْلِ

wa-al-layli

And the night

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

And the night

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaاāلَّllaيْyلِli

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ROOTل ي ل

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

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

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

“يْلِ” (yli)means “And the night” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine, genitive.Corpus grammarN — genitive noun.