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An-Nahl 16:76

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا رَّجُلَيۡنِ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَبۡكَمُ لَا يَقۡدِرُ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ وَهُوَ كَلٌّ عَلَىٰ مَوۡلَىٰهُ أَيۡنَمَا يُوَجِّههُّ لَا يَأۡتِ بِخَيۡرٍ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِي هُوَ وَمَن يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ

And Allah sets forth a parable of two men: one of them is dumb, incapable of anything. He is a burden on his master. Wherever he is sent, he brings no good. Can such a person be equal to the one who commands justice and is on the Straight Path?

Word by word

وَضَرَبَ
waḍaraba
And Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
And Allah sets forth
Vocabulary
Root: اله
مَثَلٗا
mathalan
an example
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
رَّجُلَيۡنِ
rajulayni
(of) two men
Vocabulary
Root: رجل
أَحَدُهُمَآ
aḥaduhumā
one of them
Vocabulary
Root: احد
أَبۡكَمُ
abkamu
(is) dumb
Vocabulary
Root: بكم
لَا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يَقۡدِرُ
yaqdiru
he has power
Vocabulary
Root: قدر
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
Vocabulary
شَيۡءٖ
shayin
anything
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
Vocabulary
كَلٌّ
kallun
(is) a burden
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
Vocabulary
مَوۡلَىٰهُ
mawlāhu
his master
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
أَيۡنَمَا
aynamā
Wherever
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يُوَجِّههُّ
yuwajjihhu
he directs him
Vocabulary
Root: وجه
لَا
lā
not
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يَأۡتِ
yati
he comes
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
بِخَيۡرٍ
bikhayrin
with any good
Vocabulary
Root: خير
هَلۡ
hal
Is
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يَسۡتَوِي
yastawī
equal
Vocabulary
Root: سوي
هُوَ
huwa
he
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وَمَن
waman
and (the one) who
Vocabulary
يَأۡمُرُ
yamuru
commands
Vocabulary
Root: امر
بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ
bil-ʿadli
[of] justice
Vocabulary
Root: عدل
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and he
Vocabulary
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
Vocabulary
صِرَٰطٖ
ṣirāṭin
a path
Vocabulary
Root: صرط
مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
mus'taqīmin
straight
Vocabulary
Root: قوم

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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.