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Al-Isra · Ayah 85

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Translation

And they ask you

Word Breakdown

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ

And they ask you

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

L4 Particles

يسْـلُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPresent

Rootسال

★★★★Very common

to ask, demand, question

Lemmaسَأَلَ

Verb (form I) - to ask

L1 Arabic Word TypesL8 Verbs — Past & Present

ونIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

L3 Pronouns & Pointing

كIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine singular)

you/your

2nd personMasculineSingular

L3 Pronouns & Pointing

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ (And they ask you) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

L4 Particles

Sahih International

And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair [i.e., concern] of my Lord. And you [i.e., mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little."

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