Hafiz soon
Al-Kahf · 18:2
[He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward [i.e., Paradise].
Sahih International
Word 1 of 15
قَيِّمًۭا
qayyiman
Straight
Word breakdown
قيمًا
Ism · AdjectiveStraight
Rootقومqwm
to stand, establish; people, nation; straightness, uprightness
660× in the Quran · Very common
LemmaقَيِّمAdjective
Grammar rules
Indefinite noun
قَيِّمًۭا (Straight) has no ال and takes tanwīn (the "n" sound at the end), so it means "a" or "some" — not a specific one.
We translate it as "a/an" or leave it general.
Lesson 2 · I'rab & Flexibility