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Taha 20:89

أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَلَّا يَرۡجِعُ إِلَيۡهِمۡ قَوۡلٗا وَلَا يَمۡلِكُ لَهُمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗا

Did they not see that it did not respond to them, nor could it protect or benefit them?

Word by word

أَفَلَا
afalā
Then did not
Vocabulary
يَرَوۡنَ
yarawna
they see
Vocabulary
Root: راي
أَلَّا
allā
that not
Vocabulary
يَرۡجِعُ
yarjiʿu
it (could) return
Vocabulary
Root: رجع
إِلَيۡهِمۡ
ilayhim
to them
Vocabulary
قَوۡلٗا
qawlan
a word
Vocabulary
Root: قول
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
يَمۡلِكُ
yamliku
possess
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
Vocabulary
ضَرّٗا
ḍarran
any harm
Vocabulary
Root: ضرر
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
نَفۡعٗا
nafʿan
any benefit
Vocabulary
Root: نفع

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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.