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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