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An-Nahl 16:12

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ وَٱلشَّمۡسَ وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ وَٱلنُّجُومُ مُسَخَّرَٰتُۢ بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَعۡقِلُونَ

And He has subjected for your benefit the day and the night, the sun and the moon. And the stars have been subjected by His command. Surely in this are signs for those who understand.

Word by word

وَسَخَّرَ
wasakhara
And He has subjected
Vocabulary
Root: سخر
لَكُمُ
lakumu
for you
Vocabulary
ٱلَّيۡلَ
al-layla
the night
Vocabulary
Root: ليل
وَٱلنَّهَارَ
wal-nahāra
and the day
Vocabulary
Root: نهر
وَٱلشَّمۡسَ
wal-shamsa
and the sun
Vocabulary
Root: شمس
وَٱلۡقَمَرَۖ
wal-qamara
and the moon
Vocabulary
Root: قمر
وَٱلنُّجُومُ
wal-nujūmu
and the stars
Vocabulary
Root: نجم
مُسَخَّرَٰتُۢ
musakharātun
(are) subjected
Vocabulary
Root: سخر
بِأَمۡرِهِۦٓۚ
bi-amrihi
by His command
Vocabulary
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
Vocabulary
لَأٓيَٰتٖ
laāyātin
surely (are) signs
Vocabulary
لِّقَوۡمٖ
liqawmin
for a people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
يَعۡقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
who use reason
Vocabulary
Root: عقل

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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.