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An-Nahl 16:47

أَوۡ يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٖ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمۡ لَرَءُوفٞ رَّحِيمٌ

Or that He will not destroy them gradually? But your Lord is truly Ever Gracious, Most Merciful.

Word by word

أَوۡ
aw
Or
Vocabulary
يَأۡخُذَهُمۡ
yakhudhahum
that He may seize them
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
with
Vocabulary
تَخَوُّفٖ
takhawwufin
a gradual wasting
Vocabulary
Root: خوف
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
But indeed
Vocabulary
رَبَّكُمۡ
rabbakum
your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
لَرَءُوفٞ
laraūfun
(is) surely Full of Kindness
Vocabulary
Root: راف
رَّحِيمٌ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
Vocabulary
Root: رحم

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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.