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An-Nur 24:39

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ كَسَرَابِۭ بِقِيعَةٖ يَحۡسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمۡـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمۡ يَجِدۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ

As for the disbelievers, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert, which the thirsty perceive as water, but when they approach it, they find it to be nothing. Instead, they find Allah there ˹in the Hereafter, ready˺ to settle their account. And Allah is swift in reckoning.

Word by word

وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
But those who
Vocabulary
كَفَرُوٓاْ
kafarū
disbelieve
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
أَعۡمَٰلُهُمۡ
aʿmāluhum
their deeds
Vocabulary
Root: عمل
كَسَرَابِۭ
kasarābin
(are) like a mirage
Vocabulary
Root: سرب
بِقِيعَةٖ
biqīʿatin
in a lowland
Vocabulary
Root: قوع
يَحۡسَبُهُ
yaḥsabuhu
thinks it
Vocabulary
Root: حسب
ٱلظَّمۡـَٔانُ
l-ẓamānu
the thirsty one
Vocabulary
Root: ظما
مَآءً
māan
(to be) water
Vocabulary
Root: موه
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
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إِذَا
idhā
when
Vocabulary
جَآءَهُۥ
jāahu
he comes to it
Vocabulary
لَمۡ
lam
not
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يَجِدۡهُ
yajid'hu
he finds it
Vocabulary
Root: وجد
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayan
(to be) anything
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَوَجَدَ
wawajada
but he finds
Vocabulary
Root: وجد
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
عِندَهُۥ
ʿindahu
before him
Vocabulary
فَوَفَّىٰهُ
fawaffāhu
He will pay him in full
Vocabulary
Root: وفي
حِسَابَهُۥۗ
ḥisābahu
his due
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وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
(is) swift
Vocabulary
Root: سرع
ٱلۡحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(in) the account
Vocabulary
Root: حسب

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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.