Hafiz soon
Al-A'raf · 7:30
A group [of you] He guided, and a group deserved [to be in] error. Indeed, they [i.e., the latter] had taken the devils as allies instead of Allāh while they thought that they were guided.
Sahih International
Word 1 of 16
فَرِيقًا
farīqan
A group
Word breakdown
فَرِيقًا
Ism · NounA group
Rootفرقfrq
to separate, divide, distinguish; criterion, group
72× in the Quran · Occasional
LemmaفَرِيقNoun
Grammar rules
Indefinite noun
فَرِيقًا (A group) 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