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Al-Kahf 18:12

ثُمَّ بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡ لِنَعۡلَمَ أَيُّ ٱلۡحِزۡبَيۡنِ أَحۡصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓاْ أَمَدٗا

then We raised them so We may show which of the two groups would make a better estimation of the length of their stay. 

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ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
Vocabulary
بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡ
baʿathnāhum
We raised them up
Vocabulary
Root: بعث
لِنَعۡلَمَ
linaʿlama
that We make evident
Vocabulary
Root: علم
أَيُّ
ayyu
which
Vocabulary
ٱلۡحِزۡبَيۡنِ
l-ḥiz'bayni
(of) the two parties
Vocabulary
Root: حزب
أَحۡصَىٰ
aḥṣā
best calculated
Vocabulary
Root: حصي
لِمَا
limā
for what
Vocabulary
لَبِثُوٓاْ
labithū
(they had) remained
Vocabulary
Root: لبث
أَمَدٗا
amadan
(in) time
Vocabulary
Root: امد

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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.