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Al-Baqarah 2:17

مَثَلُهُمۡ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِي ٱسۡتَوۡقَدَ نَارٗا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتۡ مَا حَوۡلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمۡ وَتَرَكَهُمۡ فِي ظُلُمَٰتٖ لَّا يُبۡصِرُونَ

Their example is that of someone who kindles a fire, but when it lights up all around them, Allah takes away their light, leaving them in complete darkness—unable to see.

Word by word

مَثَلُهُمۡ
mathaluhum
Their example
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like (the) example
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
ٱلَّذِي
alladhī
(of) the one who
Vocabulary
ٱسۡتَوۡقَدَ
is'tawqada
kindled
Vocabulary
Root: وقد
نَارٗا
nāran
a fire
Vocabulary
Root: نور
فَلَمَّآ
falammā
then, when
Vocabulary
أَضَآءَتۡ
aḍāat
it lighted
Vocabulary
Root: ضوا
مَا
mā
what
Vocabulary
حَوۡلَهُۥ
ḥawlahu
his surroundings
Vocabulary
ذَهَبَ
dhahaba
took away
Vocabulary
Root: ذهب
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بِنُورِهِمۡ
binūrihim
their light
Vocabulary
Root: نور
وَتَرَكَهُمۡ
watarakahum
and left them
Vocabulary
Root: ترك
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ظُلُمَٰتٖ
ẓulumātin
darkness[es]
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
لَّا
lā
(so) not
Vocabulary
يُبۡصِرُونَ
yub'ṣirūna
(do) they see
Vocabulary
Root: بصر

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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.