Ash-Shams
91:7

Ash-Shams · Ayah 7

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Translation

And (the) soul

Word Breakdown

وَنَفْسٍۢ

And (the) soul

Word Breakdown

وَHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

نَفْسٍIsm · Noun
GenitiveIndefiniteFeminineSingular
Rootنفس
Very common

soul, self, person; one's own self

Lemmaنَفْس

Noun - self, soul, person, mind

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Grammar Rules

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

Sahih International

And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

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