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An-Nahl 16:20

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخۡلُقُونَ شَيۡـٔٗا وَهُمۡ يُخۡلَقُونَ

But those ˹idols˺ they invoke besides Allah cannot create anything—they themselves are created.

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وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those whom
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يَدۡعُونَ
yadʿūna
they invoke
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Root: دعو
مِن
min
besides
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دُونِ
dūni
besides
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Root: دون
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
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Root: اله
لَا
lā
not
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يَخۡلُقُونَ
yakhluqūna
they create
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Root: خلق
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayan
anything
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Root: شيا
وَهُمۡ
wahum
but (are) themselves
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يُخۡلَقُونَ
yukh'laqūna
created
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Root: خلق

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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.