Al-Muzzammil
73:13

Al-Muzzammil · Ayah 13

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Translation

And food

Word Breakdown

وَطَعَامًۭا

And food

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

طَعَامًاIsm · Noun
AccusativeIndefiniteMasculine
Rootطعم
Common

to eat, feed, food, taste

Lemmaطَعَام

Noun

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

And food that chokes and a painful punishment -

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