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An-Nahl 16:26

قَدۡ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنۡيَٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّقۡفُ مِن فَوۡقِهِمۡ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ

Indeed, those before them had plotted, but Allah struck at the ˹very˺ foundation of their structure, so the roof collapsed on top of them, and the torment came upon them from where they did not expect.

Word by word

قَدۡ
qad
Verily
Vocabulary
مَكَرَ
makara
plotted
Vocabulary
Root: مكر
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
Vocabulary
مِن
min
(were) before them
Vocabulary
قَبۡلِهِمۡ
qablihim
(were) before them
Vocabulary
Root: قبل
فَأَتَى
fa-atā
but Allah came
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
but Allah came
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بُنۡيَٰنَهُم
bun'yānahum
(at) their building
Vocabulary
Root: بني
مِّنَ
mina
from
Vocabulary
ٱلۡقَوَاعِدِ
l-qawāʿidi
the foundations
Vocabulary
Root: قعد
فَخَرَّ
fakharra
so fell
Vocabulary
Root: خرر
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
upon them
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّقۡفُ
l-saqfu
the roof
Vocabulary
Root: سقف
مِن
min
from
Vocabulary
فَوۡقِهِمۡ
fawqihim
above them
Vocabulary
Root: فوق
وَأَتَىٰهُمُ
wa-atāhumu
and came to them
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ٱلۡعَذَابُ
l-ʿadhābu
the punishment
Vocabulary
Root: عذب
مِنۡ
min
from
Vocabulary
حَيۡثُ
ḥaythu
where
Vocabulary
Root: حيث
لَا
lā
they (did) not perceive
Vocabulary
يَشۡعُرُونَ
yashʿurūna
they (did) not perceive
Vocabulary
Root: شعر

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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.