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Al-Mu'minun 23:68

أَفَلَمۡ يَدَّبَّرُواْ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ أَمۡ جَآءَهُم مَّا لَمۡ يَأۡتِ ءَابَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

Is it because they have never contemplated the Word ˹of Allah˺? Or ˹because˺ there has come to them something that did not come to their forefathers?

Word by word

أَفَلَمۡ
afalam
Then, do not
Vocabulary
يَدَّبَّرُواْ
yaddabbarū
they ponder
Vocabulary
Root: دبر
ٱلۡقَوۡلَ
l-qawla
the Word
Vocabulary
Root: قول
أَمۡ
am
or
Vocabulary
جَآءَهُم
jāahum
has come to them
Vocabulary
Root: جيا
مَّا
mā
what
Vocabulary
لَمۡ
lam
not
Vocabulary
يَأۡتِ
yati
(had) come
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ءَابَآءَهُمُ
ābāahumu
(to) their forefathers
Vocabulary
Root: ابو
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
l-awalīna
(to) their forefathers
Vocabulary
Root: اول

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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.