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Al-Baqarah 2:69

قَالُواْ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوۡنُهَاۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٞ صَفۡرَآءُ فَاقِعٞ لَّوۡنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

They said, “Call upon your Lord to specify for us its colour.” He replied, “Allah says, ‘It should be a bright yellow cow—pleasant to see.’”

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
لَوۡنُهَاۚ
lawnuhā
(is) its color
Vocabulary
Root: لون
قَالَ
qāla
He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed He
Vocabulary
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
says
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّهَا
innahā
[Indeed] it is
Vocabulary
بَقَرَةٞ
baqaratun
a cow
Vocabulary
Root: بقر
صَفۡرَآءُ
ṣafrāu
yellow
Vocabulary
Root: صفر
فَاقِعٞ
fāqiʿun
bright
Vocabulary
Root: فقع
لَّوۡنُهَا
lawnuhā
(in) its color
Vocabulary
Root: لون
تَسُرُّ
tasurru
pleasing
Vocabulary
Root: سرر
ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
l-nāẓirīna
(to) those who see (it)
Vocabulary
Root: نظر

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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.