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Al-Kahf 18:21

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَعۡثَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ لِيَعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيۡبَ فِيهَآ إِذۡ يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَمۡرَهُمۡۖ فَقَالُواْ ٱبۡنُواْ عَلَيۡهِم بُنۡيَٰنٗاۖ رَّبُّهُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ بِهِمۡۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرِهِمۡ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيۡهِم مَّسۡجِدٗا

That is how We caused them to be discovered so that their people might know that Allah’s promise ˹of resurrection˺ is true and that there is no doubt about the Hour. When the people disputed with each other about the case of the youth ˹after their death˺, some proposed, “Build a structure around them. Their Lord knows best about them.” Those who prevailed in the matter said, “We will surely build a place of worship over them.”

Word by word

وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And similarly
Vocabulary
أَعۡثَرۡنَا
aʿtharnā
We made known
Vocabulary
Root: عثر
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ʿalayhim
about them
Vocabulary
لِيَعۡلَمُوٓاْ
liyaʿlamū
that they might know
Vocabulary
Root: علم
أَنَّ
anna
that
Vocabulary
وَعۡدَ
waʿda
(the) Promise
Vocabulary
Root: وعد
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
حَقّٞ
ḥaqqun
(is) true
Vocabulary
Root: حقق
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّاعَةَ
l-sāʿata
(about) the Hour
Vocabulary
Root: سوع
لَا
lā
(there is) no
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رَيۡبَ
rayba
doubt
Vocabulary
Root: ريب
فِيهَآ
fīhā
in it
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إِذۡ
idh
When
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يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ
yatanāzaʿūna
they disputed
Vocabulary
Root: نزع
بَيۡنَهُمۡ
baynahum
among themselves
Vocabulary
Root: بين
أَمۡرَهُمۡۖ
amrahum
about their affair
Vocabulary
Root: امر
فَقَالُواْ
faqālū
and they said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
ٱبۡنُواْ
ib'nū
Construct
Vocabulary
Root: بني
عَلَيۡهِم
ʿalayhim
over them
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بُنۡيَٰنٗاۖ
bun'yānan
a structure
Vocabulary
Root: بني
رَّبُّهُمۡ
rabbuhum
Their Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
أَعۡلَمُ
aʿlamu
knows best
Vocabulary
Root: علم
بِهِمۡۚ
bihim
about them
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قَالَ
qāla
Said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
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غَلَبُواْ
ghalabū
prevailed
Vocabulary
Root: غلب
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
in
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أَمۡرِهِمۡ
amrihim
their matter
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Root: امر
لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ
lanattakhidhanna
Surely we will take
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
عَلَيۡهِم
ʿalayhim
over them
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مَّسۡجِدٗا
masjidan
a place of worship
Vocabulary
Root: سجد

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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.