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Al-Mu'minun · 23:98

And I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me."

Sahih International

Word 1 of 5

وَأَعُوذُ

wa-aʿūdhu

And I seek refuge

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

أعُوذُ

Fi'l · Verb

And I seek refuge

RootعوذEw*

to seek refuge, to take shelter

17× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaعُذْVerb (form I) - to seek refuge

Grammar rules

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَأَعُوذُ (And I seek refuge) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

Lesson 4 · Particles