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Al-Buruj · Ayah 3

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And (the) witness

وَشَاهِدٍۢ

And (the) witness

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

شَاهِدٍIsm · Noun

GenitiveIndefiniteMasculineActive participle

Rootشهد

★★★★Very common

to witness, bear witness, testify

Lemmaشَاهِد

Active participle (1) Noun

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Indefinite noun

وَشَاهِدٍۢ (And (the) witness) 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.

Conjunction وَ (and)

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

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

And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

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