Al-Inshiqaq
84:17

Al-Inshiqaq · Ayah 17

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Translation

And the night

Word Breakdown

وَٱلَّيْلِ

And the night

Word Breakdown

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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Grammar Rules

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.

Sahih International

And [by] the night and what it envelops

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