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Al-Isra 17:28

وَإِمَّا تُعۡرِضَنَّ عَنۡهُمُ ٱبۡتِغَآءَ رَحۡمَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرۡجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمۡ قَوۡلٗا مَّيۡسُورٗا

But if you must turn them down ˹because you lack the means to give˺—while hoping to receive your Lord’s bounty—then ˹at least˺ give them a kind word.

Word by word

وَإِمَّا
wa-immā
And if
Vocabulary
تُعۡرِضَنَّ
tuʿ'riḍanna
you turn away
Vocabulary
Root: عرض
عَنۡهُمُ
ʿanhumu
from them
Vocabulary
ٱبۡتِغَآءَ
ib'tighāa
seeking
Vocabulary
Root: بغي
رَحۡمَةٖ
raḥmatin
mercy
Vocabulary
Root: رحم
مِّن
min
from
Vocabulary
رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
تَرۡجُوهَا
tarjūhā
which you expect
Vocabulary
Root: رجو
فَقُل
faqul
then say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَّهُمۡ
lahum
to them
Vocabulary
قَوۡلٗا
qawlan
a word
Vocabulary
Root: قول
مَّيۡسُورٗا
maysūran
gentle
Vocabulary
Root: يسر

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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.