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An-Naml 27:59

قُلِ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓۗ ءَآللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ أَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Praise be to Allah, and peace be upon the servants He has chosen.” ˹Ask the disbelievers,˺ “Which is better: Allah or whatever ˹gods˺ they associate ˹with Him˺?”

Word by word

قُلِ
quli
Say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ
l-ḥamdu
All praise (be)
Root: حمد
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَسَلَٰمٌ
wasalāmun
and peace (be)
Vocabulary
Root: سلم
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
Vocabulary
عِبَادِهِ
ʿibādihi
His slaves
Vocabulary
Root: عبد
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
Vocabulary
ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓۗ
iṣ'ṭafā
He has chosen
Vocabulary
Root: صفو
ءَآللَّهُ
āllahu
Is Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
خَيۡرٌ
khayrun
better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
أَمَّا
ammā
or what
Vocabulary
يُشۡرِكُونَ
yush'rikūna
they associate (with Him)
Vocabulary
Root: شرك

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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.