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An-Nahl 16:38

وَأَقۡسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ لَا يَبۡعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُۚ بَلَىٰ وَعۡدًا عَلَيۡهِ حَقّٗا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

They swear by Allah their most solemn oaths that Allah will never raise the dead to life. Yes ˹He will˺! It is a true promise binding on Him, but most people do not know.

Word by word

وَأَقۡسَمُواْ
wa-aqsamū
And they swear
Vocabulary
Root: قسم
بِٱللَّهِ
bil-lahi
by Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
جَهۡدَ
jahda
strongest
Vocabulary
Root: جهد
أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ
aymānihim
(of) their oaths
Vocabulary
Root: يمن
لَا
lā
Allah will not resurrect
Vocabulary
يَبۡعَثُ
yabʿathu
Allah will not resurrect
Vocabulary
Root: بعث
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah will not resurrect
Vocabulary
Root: اله
مَن
man
(one) who
Vocabulary
يَمُوتُۚ
yamūtu
dies
Vocabulary
Root: موت
بَلَىٰ
balā
Nay
Vocabulary
وَعۡدًا
waʿdan
(it is) a promise
Vocabulary
Root: وعد
عَلَيۡهِ
ʿalayhi
upon Him
Vocabulary
حَقّٗا
ḥaqqan
(in) truth
Vocabulary
Root: حقق
وَلَٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
Vocabulary
أَكۡثَرَ
akthara
most
Vocabulary
Root: كثر
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
(of) the mankind
Vocabulary
Root: نوس
لَا
lā
(do) not
Vocabulary
يَعۡلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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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.