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Al-Isra 17:29

وَلَا تَجۡعَلۡ يَدَكَ مَغۡلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبۡسُطۡهَا كُلَّ ٱلۡبَسۡطِ فَتَقۡعُدَ مَلُومٗا مَّحۡسُورًا

Do not be so tight-fisted, for you will be blameworthy; nor so open-handed, for you will end up in poverty.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تَجۡعَلۡ
tajʿal
make
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
يَدَكَ
yadaka
your hand
Vocabulary
Root: يدي
مَغۡلُولَةً
maghlūlatan
chained
Vocabulary
Root: غلل
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
Vocabulary
عُنُقِكَ
ʿunuqika
your neck
Vocabulary
Root: عنق
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
تَبۡسُطۡهَا
tabsuṭ'hā
extend it
Vocabulary
Root: بسط
كُلَّ
kulla
(to its) utmost
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
ٱلۡبَسۡطِ
l-basṭi
reach
Vocabulary
Root: بسط
فَتَقۡعُدَ
fataqʿuda
so that you sit
Vocabulary
Root: قعد
مَلُومٗا
malūman
blameworthy
Vocabulary
Root: لوم
مَّحۡسُورًا
maḥsūran
insolvent
Vocabulary
Root: حسر

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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.