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An-Nahl 16:90

۞إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآيِٕ ذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَيَنۡهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَٱلۡبَغۡيِۚ يَعِظُكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ

Indeed, Allah commands justice, grace, as well as courtesy to close relatives. He forbids indecency, wickedness, and aggression. He instructs you so perhaps you will be mindful.

Word by word

۞إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
يَأۡمُرُ
yamuru
commands
Vocabulary
Root: امر
بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ
bil-ʿadli
justice
Vocabulary
Root: عدل
وَٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ
wal-iḥ'sāni
and the good
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
وَإِيتَآيِٕ
waītāi
and giving
Vocabulary
ذِي
dhī
(to) relatives
Vocabulary
ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ
l-qur'bā
(to) relatives
Vocabulary
Root: قرب
وَيَنۡهَىٰ
wayanhā
and forbids
Vocabulary
Root: نهي
عَنِ
ʿani
[from]
Vocabulary
ٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ
l-faḥshāi
the immorality
Vocabulary
Root: فحش
وَٱلۡمُنكَرِ
wal-munkari
and the bad
Vocabulary
Root: نكر
وَٱلۡبَغۡيِۚ
wal-baghyi
and the oppression
Vocabulary
Root: بغي
يَعِظُكُمۡ
yaʿiẓukum
He admonishes you
Vocabulary
Root: وعظ
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
laʿallakum
so that you may
Vocabulary
تَذَكَّرُونَ
tadhakkarūna
take heed
Vocabulary
Root: ذكر

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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.