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Al-Kahf 18:5

مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٖ وَلَا لِأٓبَآئِهِمۡۚ كَبُرَتۡ كَلِمَةٗ تَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبٗا

They have no knowledge of this, nor did their forefathers. What a terrible claim that comes out of their mouths! They say nothing but lies.

Word by word

مَّا
mā
Not
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لَهُم
lahum
they have
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بِهِۦ
bihi
about it
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مِنۡ
min
any
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عِلۡمٖ
ʿil'min
knowledge
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Root: علم
وَلَا
walā
and not
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لِأٓبَآئِهِمۡۚ
liābāihim
their forefathers
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كَبُرَتۡ
kaburat
Mighty (is)
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Root: كبر
كَلِمَةٗ
kalimatan
the word
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Root: كلم
تَخۡرُجُ
takhruju
(that) comes out
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Root: خرج
مِنۡ
min
of
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أَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡۚ
afwāhihim
their mouths
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Root: فوه
إِن
in
Not
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يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
they say
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Root: قول
إِلَّا
illā
except
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كَذِبٗا
kadhiban
a lie
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Root: كذب

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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.