An-Naba
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An-Naba · Ayah 9

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Translation

And We made

Word Breakdown

وَجَعَلْنَا

And We made

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

جَعَلْFi'l · Verb
1st personPluralPast
Rootجعل
Very common

to put, place, make, effect, prepare, produce, appoint, fix, begin

Lemmaجَعَلَ

Verb (form I) - to make

نَاIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (1st person plural)

us/our

1st personPlural

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Grammar Rules

Past tense verb
وَجَعَلْنَا (And We made) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Conjunction وَ (and)
وَجَعَلْنَا (And We made) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And made your sleep [a means for] rest

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