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At-Takwir · Ayah 17

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And the night

وَٱلَّيْلِ

And the night

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

ٱلَّHarf · Determiner

Makes the noun definite (equivalent to 'the')

the

يْلِIsm · Noun

GenitiveMasculine

Rootليل

★★★★Common

night, the time starting from sunset to the dawn

Lemmaلَيْل

Nominal (1) Noun

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Conjunction وَ (and)

وَٱلَّيْلِ (And the night) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

And by the night as it closes in

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