Grammar
Part of SpeechVocative Expletive Particle (Ayyu + Hā)
Root (Arabic)
Root Transliteration
Tajweed & Pronunciation
Phonetic SpellingAy-yu-hā
Common MistakeRushing over the doubled Yā (*Yā Tashdīd*) without giving it proper pressure (*Nabr*), or shortening the final Alif elongation.
Learning Notes
Micro TafsirIn Arabic rhetoric, adding *Ayyuhā* after *Yā* draws heightened attention and alerts the audience to prepare for a divine decree, warning, or universal truth. It acts as a spiritual wake-up call in the Quranic discourse.
Memory HookAssociate *Ayyuhā* with the famous Quranic call *Yā ayyuhā alladhīna āmanū* ('O you who believe!').
Contextual Verse
Al-Baqarah (2:183)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous -