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Al-Qasas 28:34

وَأَخِي هَٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفۡصَحُ مِنِّي لِسَانٗا فَأَرۡسِلۡهُ مَعِيَ رِدۡءٗا يُصَدِّقُنِيٓۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

And my brother Aaron is more eloquent than I, so send him with me as a helper to support what I say, for I truly fear they may reject me.”

Word by word

وَأَخِي
wa-akhī
And my brother
Vocabulary
Root: اخو
هَٰرُونُ
hārūnu
Harun
Vocabulary
هُوَ
huwa
he
Vocabulary
أَفۡصَحُ
afṣaḥu
(is) more eloquent
Vocabulary
Root: فصح
مِنِّي
minnī
than me
Vocabulary
لِسَانٗا
lisānan
(in) speech
Vocabulary
Root: لسن
فَأَرۡسِلۡهُ
fa-arsil'hu
so send him
Vocabulary
Root: رسل
مَعِيَ
maʿiya
with me
Vocabulary
رِدۡءٗا
rid'an
(as) a helper
Vocabulary
Root: ردا
يُصَدِّقُنِيٓۖ
yuṣaddiqunī
who will confirm me
Vocabulary
Root: صدق
إِنِّيٓ
innī
Indeed
Vocabulary
أَخَافُ
akhāfu
I fear
Vocabulary
Root: خوف
أَن
an
that
Vocabulary
يُكَذِّبُونِ
yukadhibūni
they will deny me
Vocabulary
Root: كذب

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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.