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An-Nahl 16:92

وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّتِي نَقَضَتۡ غَزۡلَهَا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنكَٰثٗا تَتَّخِذُونَ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ أَن تَكُونَ أُمَّةٌ هِيَ أَرۡبَىٰ مِنۡ أُمَّةٍۚ إِنَّمَا يَبۡلُوكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦۚ وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ لَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَا كُنتُمۡ فِيهِ تَخۡتَلِفُونَ

Do not be like the woman who ˹foolishly˺ unravels her yarn after it is firmly spun, by taking your oaths as a means of deceiving one another in favour of a stronger group. Surely Allah tests you through this. And on the Day of Judgment He will certainly make your differences clear to you.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تَكُونُواْ
takūnū
be
Vocabulary
Root: كون
كَٱلَّتِي
ka-allatī
like her who
Vocabulary
نَقَضَتۡ
naqaḍat
untwists
Vocabulary
Root: نقض
غَزۡلَهَا
ghazlahā
her spun yarn
Vocabulary
Root: غزل
مِنۢ
min
after
Vocabulary
بَعۡدِ
baʿdi
after
Vocabulary
Root: بعد
قُوَّةٍ
quwwatin
strength
Vocabulary
Root: قوي
أَنكَٰثٗا
ankāthan
(into) untwisted strands
Vocabulary
Root: نكث
تَتَّخِذُونَ
tattakhidhūna
you take
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ
aymānakum
your oaths
Vocabulary
Root: يمن
دَخَلَۢا
dakhalan
(as) a deception
Vocabulary
Root: دخل
بَيۡنَكُمۡ
baynakum
between you
Vocabulary
Root: بين
أَن
an
because
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تَكُونَ
takūna
is
Vocabulary
Root: كون
أُمَّةٌ
ummatun
a community
Vocabulary
Root: امم
هِيَ
hiya
[it]
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أَرۡبَىٰ
arbā
more numerous
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Root: ربو
مِنۡ
min
than
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أُمَّةٍۚ
ummatin
(another) community
Vocabulary
Root: امم
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
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يَبۡلُوكُمُ
yablūkumu
Allah tests you
Vocabulary
Root: بلو
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah tests you
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بِهِۦۚ
bihi
by it
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وَلَيُبَيِّنَنَّ
walayubayyinanna
And He will make clear
Vocabulary
Root: بين
لَكُمۡ
lakum
to you
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يَوۡمَ
yawma
(on) the Day
Vocabulary
Root: يوم
ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
(of) the Resurrection
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
مَا
mā
what
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كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you used (to)
Vocabulary
Root: كون
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
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تَخۡتَلِفُونَ
takhtalifūna
differ
Vocabulary
Root: خلف

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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.