Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Al-Balad · 90:9

And a tongue and two lips?

Sahih International

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وَلِسَانًۭا

walisānan

And a tongue

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

لِسَانًا

Ism · Noun

And a tongue

Rootلسنlsn

a tongue

25× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaلِسَانNoun

Indefinite noun

وَلِسَانًۭا (And a tongue) 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)

وَلِسَانًۭا (And a tongue) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

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