Hafiz soon
Luqman · 31:3

As guidance and mercy for the doers of good

Sahih International

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هُدًۭى

hudan

A guidance

Word breakdown

هُدًى

Ism · Noun

A guidance

Rootهديhdy

to guide, show the right path

316× in the Quran · Very common

LemmaهُدًىNoun

Grammar rules

Indefinite noun

هُدًۭى (A guidance) 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