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An-Nahl 16:43

وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

We did not send ˹messengers˺ before you ˹O Prophet˺ except mere men inspired by Us. If you ˹polytheists˺ do not know ˹this already˺, then ask those who have knowledge ˹of the Scriptures˺.

Word by word

وَمَآ
wamā
And not
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أَرۡسَلۡنَا
arsalnā
We sent
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Root: رسل
مِن
min
before you
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قَبۡلِكَ
qablika
before you
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Root: قبل
إِلَّا
illā
except
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رِجَالٗا
rijālan
men
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Root: رجل
نُّوحِيٓ
nūḥī
We revealed
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Root: وحي
إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ
ilayhim
to them
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فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ
fasalū
so ask
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Root: سال
أَهۡلَ
ahla
(the) people
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Root: اهل
ٱلذِّكۡرِ
l-dhik'ri
(of) the Reminder
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Root: ذكر
إِن
in
if
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كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you
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Root: كون
لَا
lā
(do) not
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تَعۡلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
know
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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.