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Al-Baqarah 2:246

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلۡمَلَإِ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذۡ قَالُواْ لِنَبِيّٖ لَّهُمُ ٱبۡعَثۡ لَنَا مَلِكٗا نُّقَٰتِلۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۖ قَالَ هَلۡ عَسَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُتِبَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ أَلَّا تُقَٰتِلُواْۖ قَالُواْ وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نُقَٰتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَقَدۡ أُخۡرِجۡنَا مِن دِيَٰرِنَا وَأَبۡنَآئِنَاۖ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ تَوَلَّوۡاْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّنۡهُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمُۢ بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Have you not seen those chiefs of the Children of Israel after Moses? They said to one of their prophets, “Appoint for us a king, ˹and˺ we will fight in the cause of Allah.” He said, “Are you not going to cower if ordered to fight?” They replied, “How could we refuse to fight in the cause of Allah, while we were driven out of our homes and ˹separated from˺ our children?” But when they were ordered to fight, they fled, except for a few of them. And Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of the wrongdoers.

Word by word

أَلَمۡ
alam
Did not
Vocabulary
تَرَ
tara
you see
Vocabulary
Root: راي
إِلَى
ilā
[towards]
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ٱلۡمَلَإِ
l-mala-i
the chiefs
Vocabulary
Root: ملا
مِنۢ
min
of
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بَنِيٓ
banī
(the) Children
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Root: بني
إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
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مِنۢ
min
from
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بَعۡدِ
baʿdi
after
Vocabulary
Root: بعد
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa
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إِذۡ
idh
when
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قَالُواْ
qālū
they said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لِنَبِيّٖ
linabiyyin
to a Prophet
Vocabulary
Root: نبا
لَّهُمُ
lahumu
of theirs
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ٱبۡعَثۡ
ib'ʿath
Appoint
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Root: بعث
لَنَا
lanā
for us
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مَلِكٗا
malikan
a king
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
نُّقَٰتِلۡ
nuqātil
we may fight
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
فِي
fī
in
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سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
Vocabulary
Root: سبل
ٱللَّهِۖ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
قَالَ
qāla
He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
هَلۡ
hal
Would
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عَسَيۡتُمۡ
ʿasaytum
you perhaps
Vocabulary
Root: عسي
إِن
in
if
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كُتِبَ
kutiba
prescribed
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
عَلَيۡكُمُ
ʿalaykumu
upon you
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ٱلۡقِتَالُ
l-qitālu
[the] fighting
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
أَلَّا
allā
that not
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تُقَٰتِلُواْۖ
tuqātilū
you fight
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Root: قتل
قَالُواْ
qālū
They said
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Root: قول
وَمَا
wamā
And what
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لَنَآ
lanā
for us
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أَلَّا
allā
that not
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نُقَٰتِلَ
nuqātila
we fight
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
فِي
fī
in
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سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
Vocabulary
Root: سبل
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
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Root: اله
وَقَدۡ
waqad
while surely
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أُخۡرِجۡنَا
ukh'rij'nā
we have been driven out
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Root: خرج
مِن
min
from
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دِيَٰرِنَا
diyārinā
our homes
Vocabulary
Root: دور
وَأَبۡنَآئِنَاۖ
wa-abnāinā
and our children
Vocabulary
Root: بني
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Yet, when
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كُتِبَ
kutiba
was prescribed
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
upon them
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ٱلۡقِتَالُ
l-qitālu
the fighting
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
تَوَلَّوۡاْ
tawallaw
they turned away
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
إِلَّا
illā
except
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قَلِيلٗا
qalīlan
a few
Vocabulary
Root: قلل
مِّنۡهُمۡۚ
min'hum
among them
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وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
عَلِيمُۢ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
Vocabulary
Root: علم
بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
bil-ẓālimīna
of the wrongdoers
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم

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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.