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Al-Qasas 28:78

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أُوتِيتُهُۥ عَلَىٰ عِلۡمٍ عِندِيٓۚ أَوَلَمۡ يَعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدۡ أَهۡلَكَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مَنۡ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنۡهُ قُوَّةٗ وَأَكۡثَرُ جَمۡعٗاۚ وَلَا يُسۡـَٔلُ عَن ذُنُوبِهِمُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ

He replied, “I have been granted all this because of some knowledge I have.” Did he not know that Allah had already destroyed some from the generations before him who were far superior to him in power and greater in accumulating ˹wealth˺? There will be no need for the wicked to be asked about their sins. 

Word by word

قَالَ
qāla
He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّمَآ
innamā
Only
Vocabulary
أُوتِيتُهُۥ
ūtītuhu
I have been given it
Vocabulary
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on (account)
Vocabulary
عِلۡمٍ
ʿil'min
(of) knowledge
Vocabulary
Root: علم
عِندِيٓۚ
ʿindī
I have
Vocabulary
Root: عند
أَوَلَمۡ
awalam
Did not
Vocabulary
يَعۡلَمۡ
yaʿlam
he know
Vocabulary
Root: علم
أَنَّ
anna
that
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
قَدۡ
qad
indeed
Vocabulary
أَهۡلَكَ
ahlaka
destroyed
Vocabulary
Root: هلك
مِن
min
before him
Vocabulary
قَبۡلِهِۦ
qablihi
before him
Vocabulary
مِنَ
mina
of
Vocabulary
ٱلۡقُرُونِ
l-qurūni
the generations
Vocabulary
Root: قرن
مَنۡ
man
who
Vocabulary
هُوَ
huwa
[they]
Vocabulary
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(were) stronger
Vocabulary
Root: شدد
مِنۡهُ
min'hu
than him
Vocabulary
قُوَّةٗ
quwwatan
(in) strength
Vocabulary
Root: قوي
وَأَكۡثَرُ
wa-aktharu
and greater
Vocabulary
Root: كثر
جَمۡعٗاۚ
jamʿan
(in) accumulation
Vocabulary
Root: جمع
وَلَا
walā
And not
Vocabulary
يُسۡـَٔلُ
yus'alu
will be questioned
Vocabulary
Root: سال
عَن
ʿan
about
Vocabulary
ذُنُوبِهِمُ
dhunūbihimu
their sins
Vocabulary
Root: ذنب
ٱلۡمُجۡرِمُونَ
l-muj'rimūna
the criminals
Vocabulary
Root: جرم

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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.