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Al-Waqi'ah · Ayah 22

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And fair ones

وَحُورٌ

And fair ones

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

حُورIsm · Noun

NominativeIndefinitePlural

Rootحور

★★★★Uncommon

to return, houris, dark-eyed

Lemmaحُور

Noun

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Indefinite noun

وَحُورٌ (And fair ones) 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)

وَحُورٌ (And fair ones) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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

And [for them are] fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes,

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