هِيَ
Hiya
She / It
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Grammar
Part of SpeechPersonal Pronoun (Ḍamīr Munfaṣil)
Root (Arabic)هـ ي
Root TransliterationH-Y
Tajweed & Pronunciation
Phonetic SpellingHi-ya
Common MistakeAdding a long vowel sound to the Ha (هـ) to say 'Hī-ya' or stretching the Ya (ي) at the end.
Learning Notes
Micro Tafsir
Used in the Quran to emphasize feminine nouns (e.g., *al-Nār* / the Fire, *al-Qāri'ah* / the Calamity) or concepts, drawing immediate attention to the entity being described.
Memory Hook
Think of 'Hiya' as the feminine counterpart to 'Huwa' (he/it).
Audio Pronunciation
Contextual Verse
Al-Qari'ah (101:10)
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
Common Combinations
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Wa-mā adrāka mā hiya
وَ (and) + مَا (what) + أَدْرَاكَ (can make you know) + مَا (what) + هِيَهْ (it is)
And what can make you know what it is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ
Salāmun hiya ḥattā maṭla'i al-fajr
سَلَامٌ (peace) + هِيَ (it/she [the night]) + حَتَّىٰ (until) + مَطْلَعِ (the emergence of) + الْفَجْرِ (the dawn)
Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ
Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
Forms
هِيَوَهِيَفَهِيَهِيَ حَتَّىٰ
Related Words
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