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Al-Kahf 18:86

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَغۡرِبَ ٱلشَّمۡسِ وَجَدَهَا تَغۡرُبُ فِي عَيۡنٍ حَمِئَةٖ وَوَجَدَ عِندَهَا قَوۡمٗاۖ قُلۡنَا يَٰذَا ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ إِمَّآ أَن تُعَذِّبَ وَإِمَّآ أَن تَتَّخِذَ فِيهِمۡ حُسۡنٗا

until he reached the setting ˹point˺ of the sun, which appeared to him to be setting in a spring of murky water, where he found some people. We said, “O Ⱬul-Qarnain! Either punish them or treat them kindly.”

Word by word

حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Until
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إِذَا
idhā
when
Vocabulary
بَلَغَ
balagha
he reached
Vocabulary
Root: بلغ
مَغۡرِبَ
maghriba
(the) setting place
Vocabulary
Root: غرب
ٱلشَّمۡسِ
l-shamsi
(of) the sun
Vocabulary
Root: شمس
وَجَدَهَا
wajadahā
he found it
Vocabulary
Root: وجد
تَغۡرُبُ
taghrubu
setting
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Root: غرب
فِي
fī
in
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عَيۡنٍ
ʿaynin
a spring
Vocabulary
Root: عين
حَمِئَةٖ
ḥami-atin
(of) dark mud
Vocabulary
Root: حما
وَوَجَدَ
wawajada
and he found
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Root: وجد
عِندَهَا
ʿindahā
near it
Vocabulary
Root: عند
قَوۡمٗاۖ
qawman
a community
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
قُلۡنَا
qul'nā
We said
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Root: قول
يَٰذَا
yādhā
O Dhul-qarnain
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ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ
l-qarnayni
O Dhul-qarnain
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Root: قرن
إِمَّآ
immā
Either
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أَن
an
[that]
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تُعَذِّبَ
tuʿadhiba
you punish
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Root: عذب
وَإِمَّآ
wa-immā
or
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أَن
an
[that]
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تَتَّخِذَ
tattakhidha
you take
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Root: اخذ
فِيهِمۡ
fīhim
[in] them
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حُسۡنٗا
ḥus'nan
(with) goodness
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Root: حسن

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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.