Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

Hafiz soon

Adh-Dhariyat · 51:18

And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,

Sahih International

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وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ

wabil-asḥāri

And in the hours before dawn

Word breakdown

Harf · Conjunction

and

Harf · Preposition

in/with

الْ

Harf · Determiner

the

أسْحار

Ism · Noun

And in the hours before dawn

RootسحرsHr

to bewitch, practise magic or sorcery; magic, magician; before dawn

63× in the Quran · Occasional

LemmaسَحَرNoun

Preposition بِ (in/with/by)

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ (And in the hours before dawn) starts with بِ, a small preposition meaning "in", "with", or "by".

We add "in", "with", or "by" before the word.

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ (And in the hours before dawn) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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