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An-Nahl 16:75

۞ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا عَبۡدٗا مَّمۡلُوكٗا لَّا يَقۡدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ وَمَن رَّزَقۡنَٰهُ مِنَّا رِزۡقًا حَسَنٗا فَهُوَ يُنفِقُ مِنۡهُ سِرّٗا وَجَهۡرًاۖ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوُۥنَۚ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

Allah sets forth a parable: a slave who lacks all means, compared to a ˹free˺ man to whom We granted a good provision, of which he donates ˹freely,˺ openly and secretly. Are they equal? Praise be to Allah. In fact, most of them do not know.

Word by word

۞ضَرَبَ
ḍaraba
Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: اله
مَثَلًا
mathalan
the example
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
عَبۡدٗا
ʿabdan
(of) a slave
Vocabulary
Root: عبد
مَّمۡلُوكٗا
mamlūkan
(who is) owned
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
لَّا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يَقۡدِرُ
yaqdiru
he has power
Vocabulary
Root: قدر
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
Vocabulary
شَيۡءٖ
shayin
anything
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَمَن
waman
and (one) whom
Vocabulary
رَّزَقۡنَٰهُ
razaqnāhu
We provided him
Vocabulary
Root: رزق
مِنَّا
minnā
from Us
Vocabulary
رِزۡقًا
riz'qan
a provision
Vocabulary
Root: رزق
حَسَنٗا
ḥasanan
good
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
فَهُوَ
fahuwa
so he
Vocabulary
يُنفِقُ
yunfiqu
spends
Vocabulary
Root: نفق
مِنۡهُ
min'hu
from it
Vocabulary
سِرّٗا
sirran
secretly
Vocabulary
Root: سرر
وَجَهۡرًاۖ
wajahran
and publicly
Vocabulary
Root: جهر
هَلۡ
hal
Can
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَوُۥنَۚ
yastawūna
they be equal
Vocabulary
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ
l-ḥamdu
All praise
Root: حمد
لِلَّهِۚ
lillahi
(is) for Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
Vocabulary
أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ
aktharuhum
but most of them
Vocabulary
Root: كثر
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.