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Al-Kahf 18:45

وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخۡتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَصۡبَحَ هَشِيمٗا تَذۡرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَٰحُۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ مُّقۡتَدِرًا

And give them a parable of this worldly life. ˹It is˺ like the plants of the earth, thriving when sustained by the rain We send down from the sky. Then they ˹soon˺ turn into chaff scattered by the wind. And Allah is fully capable of ˹doing˺ all things.

Word by word

وَٱضۡرِبۡ
wa-iḍ'rib
And present
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
لَهُم
lahum
to them
Vocabulary
مَّثَلَ
mathala
the example
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) the life
Vocabulary
Root: حيي
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
Vocabulary
Root: دنو
كَمَآءٍ
kamāin
like water
Vocabulary
Root: موه
أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ
anzalnāhu
which We send down
Vocabulary
Root: نزل
مِنَ
mina
from
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
l-samāi
the sky
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
فَٱخۡتَلَطَ
fa-ikh'talaṭa
then mingles
Vocabulary
Root: خلط
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
Vocabulary
نَبَاتُ
nabātu
(the) vegetation
Vocabulary
Root: نبت
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
l-arḍi
(of) the earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
فَأَصۡبَحَ
fa-aṣbaḥa
then becomes
Vocabulary
Root: صبح
هَشِيمٗا
hashīman
dry stalks
Vocabulary
Root: هشم
تَذۡرُوهُ
tadhrūhu
it (is) scattered
Vocabulary
Root: ذرو
ٱلرِّيَٰحُۗ
l-riyāḥu
(by) the winds
Vocabulary
Root: روح
وَكَانَ
wakāna
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: كون
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
Vocabulary
كُلِّ
kulli
every
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
شَيۡءٖ
shayin
thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
مُّقۡتَدِرًا
muq'tadiran
(is) All Able
Vocabulary
Root: قدر

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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.