Dictionaries

  • Ejtaal Arabic Almanac: Lane's Lexicon, Hans Wehr, Lisan al-Arab and others
  • Perseus: Lane's Lexicon (in text format)
The root >ay~aAn (ا ي ا ن) occurs 6 times in Quran, in 1 derived forms:
  • 6 times as ayan
    • 5 times as interogative particle
    • 1 times as time adverb

ayan

1

THEY WILL ASK thee [O Prophet] about the Last Hour: "When will it come to pass?" Say: "Verily, knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer alone. None but He will reveal it in its time. Heavily will it weigh on the heavens and the earth; [and] it will not fall upon you otherwise than of a sudden." They will ask thee - as if thou couldst gain insight into this [mystery] by dint of persistent inquiry!* Say: "Knowledge thereof rests with my Sustainer alone; but [of this] most people are unaware."
they are dead, not living,* and they do not [even] know when they will be raised from the dead!
Say: “None in the heavens or on earth knows the hidden reality [of anything that exists: none knows it] save God."* And neither can they [who are living] perceive when they shall be raised from the dead:
they who [mockingly] ask, “When is that Day of Judgment to be?"
asking [derisively], "When is that Resurrection Day to be?"
THEY WILL ASK thee [O Prophet] about the Last Hour: "When will it come to pass?"