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Al-Kahf 18:50

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِۦٓۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِي وَهُمۡ لَكُمۡ عَدُوُّۢۚ بِئۡسَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَدَلٗا

And ˹remember˺ when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs, who was one of the jinn, but he rebelled against the command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his descendants as patrons instead of Me, although they are your enemy? What an evil alternative for the wrongdoers ˹to choose˺!

Word by word

وَإِذۡ
wa-idh
And when
Vocabulary
قُلۡنَا
qul'nā
We said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لِلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
lil'malāikati
to the Angels
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
ٱسۡجُدُواْ
us'judū
Prostrate
Vocabulary
Root: سجد
لِأٓدَمَ
liādama
to Adam
Vocabulary
فَسَجَدُوٓاْ
fasajadū
so they prostrated
Vocabulary
Root: سجد
إِلَّآ
illā
except
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إِبۡلِيسَ
ib'līsa
Iblis
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كَانَ
kāna
(He) was
Vocabulary
Root: كون
مِنَ
mina
of
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ٱلۡجِنِّ
l-jini
the jinn
Vocabulary
Root: جنن
فَفَسَقَ
fafasaqa
and he rebelled
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Root: فسق
عَنۡ
ʿan
against
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أَمۡرِ
amri
the Command
Vocabulary
Root: امر
رَبِّهِۦٓۗ
rabbihi
(of) his Lord
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أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ
afatattakhidhūnahu
Will you then take him
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وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ
wadhurriyyatahu
and his offspring
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أَوۡلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
(as) protectors
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Root: ولي
مِن
min
other than Me
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دُونِي
dūnī
other than Me
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Root: دون
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they
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لَكُمۡ
lakum
(are) to you
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عَدُوُّۢۚ
ʿaduwwun
enemies
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Root: عدو
بِئۡسَ
bi'sa
Wretched
Vocabulary
Root: باس
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
lilẓẓālimīna
for the wrongdoers
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
بَدَلٗا
badalan
(is) the exchange
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Root: بدل

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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.