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Al-Mursalat · 77:26
Of the living and the dead?
Sahih International
Word 1 of 2
أَحْيَآءًۭ
aḥyāan
(For the) living
Word breakdown
أَحْيَآءً
Ism · Noun(For the) living
RootحييHyy
to live, give life, revive; life, living
184× in the Quran · Common
LemmaحَيّNominal (1) Noun
Grammar rules
Indefinite noun
أَحْيَآءًۭ ((For the) living) 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