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وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
Sentence structure
This coordinated clause completes the contrast with night. ٱلنَّهَارَ is the first object and مَعَاشًا the second: daytime was made a time and means of livelihood.

وَجَعَلْنَا — and We made
Grammar: وَ is a conjunction, جَعَلْ a perfect verb, and attached نَا its first-person plural subject.

ٱلنَّهَارَ — the daytime
Grammar: A definite masculine accusative noun and the first object of جَعَلْنَا.

مَعَاشًۭا — a time of livelihood
Grammar: An indefinite masculine accusative noun and the second object of جَعَلْنَا.

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Surah An-Naba · Ayah 11

Surah An-Naba — Part 2

وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا
Sentence structure
This coordinated clause completes the contrast with night. ٱلنَّهَارَ is the first object and مَعَاشًا the second: daytime was made a time and means of livelihood.

وَجَعَلْنَا — and We made
Grammar: وَ is a conjunction, جَعَلْ a perfect verb, and attached نَا its first-person plural subject.

ٱلنَّهَارَ — the daytime
Grammar: A definite masculine accusative noun and the first object of جَعَلْنَا.

مَعَاشًۭا — a time of livelihood
Grammar: An indefinite masculine accusative noun and the second object of جَعَلْنَا.