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An-Naml 27:34

قَالَتۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُواْ قَرۡيَةً أَفۡسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوٓاْ أَعِزَّةَ أَهۡلِهَآ أَذِلَّةٗۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفۡعَلُونَ

She reasoned, “Indeed, when kings invade a land, they ruin it and debase its nobles. They really do so!

Word by word

قَالَتۡ
qālat
She said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
Vocabulary
ٱلۡمُلُوكَ
l-mulūka
the kings
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
إِذَا
idhā
when
Vocabulary
دَخَلُواْ
dakhalū
they enter
Vocabulary
Root: دخل
قَرۡيَةً
qaryatan
a town
Vocabulary
Root: قري
أَفۡسَدُوهَا
afsadūhā
they ruin it
Vocabulary
Root: فسد
وَجَعَلُوٓاْ
wajaʿalū
and make
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
أَعِزَّةَ
aʿizzata
(the) most honorable
Vocabulary
Root: عزز
أَهۡلِهَآ
ahlihā
(of) its people
Vocabulary
Root: اهل
أَذِلَّةٗۚ
adhillatan
(the) lowest
Vocabulary
Root: ذلل
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
Vocabulary
يَفۡعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
they do
Vocabulary
Root: فعل

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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.