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Al-Mu'minun 23:71

وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلۡحَقُّ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّۚ بَلۡ أَتَيۡنَٰهُم بِذِكۡرِهِمۡ فَهُمۡ عَن ذِكۡرِهِم مُّعۡرِضُونَ

Had the truth followed their desires, the heavens, the earth, and all those in them would have certainly been corrupted. In fact, We have brought them ˹the means to˺ their glory, but they turn away from it.

Word by word

وَلَوِ
walawi
But if
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ٱتَّبَعَ
ittabaʿa
(had) followed
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Root: تبع
ٱلۡحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
the truth
Vocabulary
Root: حقق
أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ
ahwāahum
their desires
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Root: هوي
لَفَسَدَتِ
lafasadati
surely (would) have been corrupted
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Root: فسد
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ
l-samāwātu
the heavens
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Root: سمو
وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ
wal-arḍu
and the earth
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Root: ارض
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
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فِيهِنَّۚ
fīhinna
(is) therein
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بَلۡ
bal
Nay
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أَتَيۡنَٰهُم
ataynāhum
We have brought them
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Root: اتي
بِذِكۡرِهِمۡ
bidhik'rihim
their reminder
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Root: ذكر
فَهُمۡ
fahum
but they
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عَن
ʿan
from
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ذِكۡرِهِم
dhik'rihim
their reminder
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Root: ذكر
مُّعۡرِضُونَ
muʿ'riḍūna
(are) turning away
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Root: عرض

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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.