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Al-Baqarah 2:68

قَالُواْ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِيَۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٞ لَّا فَارِضٞ وَلَا بِكۡرٌ عَوَانُۢ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَۖ فَٱفۡعَلُواْ مَا تُؤۡمَرُونَ

They said, “Call upon your Lord to clarify for us what type ˹of cow˺ it should be!” He replied, “Allah says, ‘The cow should neither be old nor young but in between. So do as you are commanded!’”

Word by word

قَالُواْ
qālū
They said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
ٱدۡعُ
ud'ʿu
Pray
Vocabulary
Root: دعو
لَنَا
lanā
for us
Vocabulary
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
(to) your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
يُبَيِّن
yubayyin
to make clear
Vocabulary
Root: بين
لَّنَا
lanā
to us
Vocabulary
مَا
mā
what
Vocabulary
هِيَۚ
hiya
it (is)
Vocabulary
قَالَ
qāla
He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed He
Vocabulary
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
says
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّهَا
innahā
[Indeed] it
Vocabulary
بَقَرَةٞ
baqaratun
(is) a cow
Vocabulary
Root: بقر
لَّا
lā
not
Vocabulary
فَارِضٞ
fāriḍun
old
Vocabulary
Root: فرض
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
بِكۡرٌ
bik'run
young
Vocabulary
Root: بكر
عَوَانُۢ
ʿawānun
middle aged
Vocabulary
Root: عون
بَيۡنَ
bayna
between
Vocabulary
Root: بين
ذَٰلِكَۖ
dhālika
that
Vocabulary
فَٱفۡعَلُواْ
fa-if'ʿalū
so do
Vocabulary
Root: فعل
مَا
mā
what
Vocabulary
تُؤۡمَرُونَ
tu'marūna
you are commanded
Vocabulary
Root: امر

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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.