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Al-Balad · Ayah 3

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And the begetter

وَوَالِدٍۢ

And the begetter

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

وَالِدٍIsm · Noun

GenitiveIndefinite

Rootولد

★★★★Very common

to beget, bear; child, parent, offspring

Lemmaوَالِد

Noun

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Indefinite noun

وَوَالِدٍۢ (And the begetter) 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)

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

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

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

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