An-Nisa
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An-Nisa · Ayah 164

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Translation

And Messengers

Word Breakdown

وَرُسُلًۭا

And Messengers

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

رُسُلًاIsm · Noun
AccusativeIndefiniteMasculinePlural
Rootرسل
Very common

to send, messenger

Lemmaرَسُول

Noun

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Grammar Rules

Indefinite noun
وَرُسُلًۭا (And Messengers) 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.
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَرُسُلًۭا (And Messengers) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allāh spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.

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