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Al-Kahf 18:46

ٱلۡمَالُ وَٱلۡبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَٱلۡبَٰقِيَٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتُ خَيۡرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابٗا وَخَيۡرٌ أَمَلٗا

Wealth and children are the adornment of this worldly life, but the everlasting good deeds are far better with your Lord in reward and in hope. 

Word by word

ٱلۡمَالُ
al-mālu
The wealth
Vocabulary
Root: مول
وَٱلۡبَنُونَ
wal-banūna
and children
Vocabulary
Root: بني
زِينَةُ
zīnatu
(are) adornment
Vocabulary
Root: زين
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) the life
Vocabulary
Root: حيي
ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
Vocabulary
Root: دنو
وَٱلۡبَٰقِيَٰتُ
wal-bāqiyātu
But the enduring
Vocabulary
Root: بقي
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتُ
l-ṣāliḥātu
good deeds
Vocabulary
Root: صلح
خَيۡرٌ
khayrun
(are) better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
Vocabulary
Root: عند
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
ثَوَابٗا
thawāban
(for) reward
Vocabulary
Root: ثوب
وَخَيۡرٌ
wakhayrun
and better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
أَمَلٗا
amalan
(for) hope
Vocabulary
Root: امل

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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.