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Al-Kahf 18:19

وَكَذَٰلِكَ بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡ لِيَتَسَآءَلُواْ بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ كَمۡ لَبِثۡتُمۡۖ قَالُواْ لَبِثۡنَا يَوۡمًا أَوۡ بَعۡضَ يَوۡمٖۚ قَالُواْ رَبُّكُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثۡتُمۡ فَٱبۡعَثُوٓاْ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمۡ هَٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ فَلۡيَنظُرۡ أَيُّهَآ أَزۡكَىٰ طَعَامٗا فَلۡيَأۡتِكُم بِرِزۡقٖ مِّنۡهُ وَلۡيَتَلَطَّفۡ وَلَا يُشۡعِرَنَّ بِكُمۡ أَحَدًا

And so We awakened them so that they might question one another. One of them exclaimed, “How long have you remained ˹asleep˺?” Some replied, “Perhaps a day, or part of a day.” They said ˹to one another˺, “Your Lord knows best how long you have remained. So send one of you with these silver coins of yours to the city, and let him find which food is the purest, and then bring you provisions from it. Let him be ˹exceptionally˺ cautious, and do not let him give you away.

Word by word

وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And similarly
Vocabulary
بَعَثۡنَٰهُمۡ
baʿathnāhum
We raised them
Vocabulary
Root: بعث
لِيَتَسَآءَلُواْ
liyatasāalū
that they might question
Vocabulary
Root: سال
بَيۡنَهُمۡۚ
baynahum
among them
Vocabulary
Root: بين
قَالَ
qāla
Said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
قَآئِلٞ
qāilun
a speaker
Vocabulary
Root: قول
مِّنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
among them
Vocabulary
كَمۡ
kam
How long
Vocabulary
لَبِثۡتُمۡۖ
labith'tum
have you remained
Vocabulary
Root: لبث
قَالُواْ
qālū
They said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَبِثۡنَا
labith'nā
We have remained
Vocabulary
Root: لبث
يَوۡمًا
yawman
a day
Vocabulary
Root: يوم
أَوۡ
aw
or
Vocabulary
بَعۡضَ
baʿḍa
a part
Vocabulary
Root: بعض
يَوۡمٖۚ
yawmin
(of) a day
Vocabulary
Root: يوم
قَالُواْ
qālū
They said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
رَبُّكُمۡ
rabbukum
Your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
أَعۡلَمُ
aʿlamu
knows best
Vocabulary
Root: علم
بِمَا
bimā
how long
Vocabulary
لَبِثۡتُمۡ
labith'tum
you have remained
Vocabulary
Root: لبث
فَٱبۡعَثُوٓاْ
fa-ib'ʿathū
So send
Vocabulary
Root: بعث
أَحَدَكُم
aḥadakum
one of you
Vocabulary
Root: احد
بِوَرِقِكُمۡ
biwariqikum
(with this) silver coin of yours
Vocabulary
Root: ورق
هَٰذِهِۦٓ
hādhihi
with this (silver coin of yours)
Vocabulary
إِلَى
ilā
to
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ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ
l-madīnati
the city
Vocabulary
Root: مدن
فَلۡيَنظُرۡ
falyanẓur
and let him see
Vocabulary
Root: نظر
أَيُّهَآ
ayyuhā
which is
Vocabulary
أَزۡكَىٰ
azkā
the purest
Vocabulary
Root: زكو
طَعَامٗا
ṭaʿāman
food
Vocabulary
Root: طعم
فَلۡيَأۡتِكُم
falyatikum
and let him bring to you
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
بِرِزۡقٖ
biriz'qin
provision
Vocabulary
Root: رزق
مِّنۡهُ
min'hu
from it
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وَلۡيَتَلَطَّفۡ
walyatalaṭṭaf
and let him be cautious
Vocabulary
Root: لطف
وَلَا
walā
And let not
Vocabulary
يُشۡعِرَنَّ
yush'ʿiranna
be aware
Vocabulary
Root: شعر
بِكُمۡ
bikum
about you
Vocabulary
أَحَدًا
aḥadan
anyone
Vocabulary
Root: احد

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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.