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Al-Anbya 21:44

بَلۡ مَتَّعۡنَا هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ طَالَ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ أَفَلَا يَرَوۡنَ أَنَّا نَأۡتِي ٱلۡأَرۡضَ نَنقُصُهَا مِنۡ أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ أَفَهُمُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ

In fact, We have allowed enjoyment for these ˹Meccans˺ and their forefathers for such a long time ˹that they took it for granted˺. Do they not see that We gradually reduce ˹their˺ land from its borders? Is it they who will then prevail?

Word by word

بَلۡ
bal
Nay
Vocabulary
مَتَّعۡنَا
mattaʿnā
We gave provision
Vocabulary
Root: متع
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
(to) these
Vocabulary
وَءَابَآءَهُمۡ
waābāahum
and their fathers
Vocabulary
Root: ابو
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
Vocabulary
طَالَ
ṭāla
grew long
Vocabulary
Root: طول
عَلَيۡهِمُ
ʿalayhimu
for them
Vocabulary
ٱلۡعُمُرُۗ
l-ʿumuru
the life
Vocabulary
Root: عمر
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then do not
Vocabulary
يَرَوۡنَ
yarawna
they see
Vocabulary
Root: راي
أَنَّا
annā
that We
Vocabulary
نَأۡتِي
natī
We come
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
l-arḍa
(to) the land
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
نَنقُصُهَا
nanquṣuhā
We reduce it
Vocabulary
Root: نقص
مِنۡ
min
from
Vocabulary
أَطۡرَافِهَآۚ
aṭrāfihā
its borders
Vocabulary
Root: طرف
أَفَهُمُ
afahumu
So is (it) they
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ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ
l-ghālibūna
(who will be) overcoming
Vocabulary
Root: غلب

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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.