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An-Naml 27:45

وَلَقَدۡ أَرۡسَلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمۡ صَٰلِحًا أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ فَإِذَا هُمۡ فَرِيقَانِ يَخۡتَصِمُونَ

And We certainly sent to the people of Thamûd their brother Ṣâliḥ, proclaiming, “Worship Allah,” but they suddenly split into two opposing groups.

Word by word

وَلَقَدۡ
walaqad
And certainly
Vocabulary
أَرۡسَلۡنَآ
arsalnā
We sent
Vocabulary
Root: رسل
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
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ثَمُودَ
thamūda
Thamud
Vocabulary
أَخَاهُمۡ
akhāhum
their brother
Vocabulary
Root: اخو
صَٰلِحًا
ṣāliḥan
Salih
Vocabulary
Root: صلح
أَنِ
ani
that
Vocabulary
ٱعۡبُدُواْ
uʿ'budū
Worship
Vocabulary
Root: عبد
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
Then behold!
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هُمۡ
hum
They
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فَرِيقَانِ
farīqāni
(became) two parties
Vocabulary
Root: فرق
يَخۡتَصِمُونَ
yakhtaṣimūna
quarreling
Vocabulary
Root: خصم

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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.