At-Tawbah
9:56

At-Tawbah · Ayah 56

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Translation

And they swear

Word Breakdown

وَيَحْلِفُونَ

And they swear

Word Breakdown

وHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: continues the discourse

and

يحْلفُFi'l · Verb
3rd personMasculinePluralPresent
Rootحلف
Uncommon

to swear, to take an oath, ally

Lemmaحَلَفْ

Verb (form I) - to swear

ونIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Grammar Rules

Conjunction وَ (and)
وَيَحْلِفُونَ (And they swear) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Sahih International

And they swear by Allāh that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid.

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