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Al-Baqarah 2:20

يَكَادُ ٱلۡبَرۡقُ يَخۡطَفُ أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوۡاْ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظۡلَمَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ قَامُواْۚ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمۡعِهِمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ

It is as if the lightning were about to snatch away their sight. Whenever lightning strikes, they walk in its light, but when darkness covers them, they stand still. Had Allah willed, He could have taken away their hearing and sight. Surely Allah is Most Capable of everything.

Word by word

يَكَادُ
yakādu
Almost
Vocabulary
Root: كود
ٱلۡبَرۡقُ
l-barqu
the lightning
Vocabulary
Root: برق
يَخۡطَفُ
yakhṭafu
snatches away
Vocabulary
Root: خطف
أَبۡصَٰرَهُمۡۖ
abṣārahum
their sight
Vocabulary
Root: بصر
كُلَّمَآ
kullamā
Whenever
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
أَضَآءَ
aḍāa
it flashes
Vocabulary
Root: ضوا
لَهُم
lahum
for them
Vocabulary
مَّشَوۡاْ
mashaw
they walk
Vocabulary
Root: مشي
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
Vocabulary
وَإِذَآ
wa-idhā
and when
Vocabulary
أَظۡلَمَ
aẓlama
it darkens
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ʿalayhim
on them
Vocabulary
قَامُواْۚ
qāmū
they stand (still)
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
Vocabulary
شَآءَ
shāa
had willed
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لَذَهَبَ
ladhahaba
He would certainly have taken away
Vocabulary
Root: ذهب
بِسَمۡعِهِمۡ
bisamʿihim
their hearing
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
وَأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡۚ
wa-abṣārihim
and their sight
Vocabulary
Root: بصر
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
Vocabulary
كُلِّ
kulli
every
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
شَيۡءٖ
shayin
thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
قَدِيرٞ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Vocabulary
Root: قدر

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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.