At-Tawbah
9:3

At-Tawbah · Ayah 3

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Translation

And an announcement

Word Breakdown

وَأَذَٰنٌۭ

And an announcement

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

أذنIsm · Noun
NominativeIndefiniteMasculine
Rootاذن
Very common

to permit, permission; ears

Lemmaأَذَٰن

Noun - announcement

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Grammar Rules

Indefinite noun
وَأَذَٰنٌۭ (And an announcement) 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)
وَأَذَٰنٌۭ (And an announcement) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And [it is] an announcement from Allāh and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allāh is disassociated from the disbelievers, and [so is] His Messenger. So if you repent, that is best for you; but if you turn away - then know that you will not cause failure to Allāh. And give tidings to those who disbelieve of a painful punishment.

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