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An-Nahl 16:112

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا قَرۡيَةٗ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةٗ مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ يَأۡتِيهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدٗا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٖ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَصۡنَعُونَ

And Allah sets forth the example of a society which was safe and at ease, receiving its provision in abundance from all directions. But its people met Allah’s favours with ingratitude, so Allah made them taste the clutches of hunger and fear for their misdeeds.

Word by word

وَضَرَبَ
waḍaraba
And Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
And Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: اله
مَثَلٗا
mathalan
a similitude
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
قَرۡيَةٗ
qaryatan
(of) a town
Vocabulary
Root: قري
كَانَتۡ
kānat
(that) was
Vocabulary
Root: كون
ءَامِنَةٗ
āminatan
secure
Vocabulary
Root: امن
مُّطۡمَئِنَّةٗ
muṭ'ma-innatan
and content
Vocabulary
Root: طمن
يَأۡتِيهَا
yatīhā
coming to it
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
رِزۡقُهَا
riz'quhā
its provision
Vocabulary
Root: رزق
رَغَدٗا
raghadan
(in) abundance
Vocabulary
Root: رغد
مِّن
min
from
Vocabulary
كُلِّ
kulli
every
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
مَكَانٖ
makānin
place
Vocabulary
Root: كون
فَكَفَرَتۡ
fakafarat
but it denied
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
بِأَنۡعُمِ
bi-anʿumi
(the) Favors of Allah
Vocabulary
Root: نعم
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(the) Favors of Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فَأَذَٰقَهَا
fa-adhāqahā
so Allah made it taste
Vocabulary
Root: ذوق
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
so Allah made it taste
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لِبَاسَ
libāsa
(the) garb
Vocabulary
Root: لبس
ٱلۡجُوعِ
l-jūʿi
(of) the hunger
Vocabulary
Root: جوع
وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ
wal-khawfi
and the fear
Vocabulary
Root: خوف
بِمَا
bimā
for what
Vocabulary
كَانُواْ
kānū
they used (to)
Vocabulary
Root: كون
يَصۡنَعُونَ
yaṣnaʿūna
do
Vocabulary
Root: صنع

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.