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An-Nahl 16:95

وَلَا تَشۡتَرُواْ بِعَهۡدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنٗا قَلِيلًاۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ

And do not trade Allah’s covenant for a fleeting gain. What is with Allah is certainly far better for you, if only you knew.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تَشۡتَرُواْ
tashtarū
exchange
Vocabulary
Root: شري
بِعَهۡدِ
biʿahdi
the covenant
Vocabulary
Root: عهد
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
ثَمَنٗا
thamanan
(for) a price
Vocabulary
Root: ثمن
قَلِيلًاۚ
qalīlan
little
Vocabulary
Root: قلل
إِنَّمَا
innamā
Indeed what
Vocabulary
عِندَ
ʿinda
(is) with
Vocabulary
Root: عند
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
هُوَ
huwa
it
Vocabulary
خَيۡرٞ
khayrun
(is) better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
لَّكُمۡ
lakum
for you
Vocabulary
إِن
in
if
Vocabulary
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you were (to)
Vocabulary
Root: كون
تَعۡلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
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.