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Al-Anbya 21:43

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٞ تَمۡنَعُهُم مِّن دُونِنَاۚ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ نَصۡرَ أَنفُسِهِمۡ وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا يُصۡحَبُونَ

Or do they have gods—other than Us—that can protect them? They cannot ˹even˺ protect themselves, nor will they be aided against Us.

Word by word

أَمۡ
am
Or
Vocabulary
لَهُمۡ
lahum
have they
Vocabulary
ءَالِهَةٞ
ālihatun
gods
Vocabulary
Root: اله
تَمۡنَعُهُم
tamnaʿuhum
(to) defend them
Vocabulary
Root: منع
مِّن
min
from
Vocabulary
دُونِنَاۚ
dūninā
Us
Vocabulary
Root: دون
لَا
lā
Not
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
yastaṭīʿūna
they are able
Vocabulary
Root: طوع
نَصۡرَ
naṣra
(to) help
Vocabulary
Root: نصر
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
anfusihim
themselves
Vocabulary
Root: نفس
وَلَا
walā
and not
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هُم
hum
they
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مِّنَّا
minnā
from Us
Vocabulary
يُصۡحَبُونَ
yuṣ'ḥabūna
can be protected
Vocabulary
Root: صحب

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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.