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Al-Baqarah 2:263

۞قَوۡلٞ مَّعۡرُوفٞ وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ خَيۡرٞ مِّن صَدَقَةٖ يَتۡبَعُهَآ أَذٗىۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٞ

Kind words and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Self-Sufficient, Most Forbearing.

Word by word

۞قَوۡلٞ
qawlun
A word
Vocabulary
Root: قول
مَّعۡرُوفٞ
maʿrūfun
kind
Vocabulary
Root: عرف
وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ
wamaghfiratun
and (seeking) forgiveness
Vocabulary
Root: غفر
خَيۡرٞ
khayrun
(are) better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
مِّن
min
than
Vocabulary
صَدَقَةٖ
ṣadaqatin
a charity
Vocabulary
Root: صدق
يَتۡبَعُهَآ
yatbaʿuhā
followed [it]
Vocabulary
Root: تبع
أَذٗىۗ
adhan
(by) hurt
Vocabulary
Root: اذي
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
غَنِيٌّ
ghaniyyun
(is) All-Sufficient
Vocabulary
Root: غني
حَلِيمٞ
ḥalīmun
All-Forbearing
Vocabulary
Root: حلم

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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.