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Al-'Ankabut 29:41

مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتۡ بَيۡتٗاۖ وَإِنَّ أَوۡهَنَ ٱلۡبُيُوتِ لَبَيۡتُ ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ

The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of a spider spinning a shelter. And the flimsiest of all shelters is certainly that of a spider, if only they knew.

Word by word

مَثَلُ
mathalu
(The) example
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
Vocabulary
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
ittakhadhū
take
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
مِن
min
besides
Vocabulary
دُونِ
dūni
besides
Vocabulary
Root: دون
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
أَوۡلِيَآءَ
awliyāa
protectors
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like
Vocabulary
Root: مثل
ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِ
l-ʿankabūti
the spider
Vocabulary
Root: عنكب
ٱتَّخَذَتۡ
ittakhadhat
who takes
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
بَيۡتٗاۖ
baytan
a house
Vocabulary
Root: بيت
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
Vocabulary
أَوۡهَنَ
awhana
the weakest
Vocabulary
Root: وهن
ٱلۡبُيُوتِ
l-buyūti
(of) houses
Vocabulary
Root: بيت
لَبَيۡتُ
labaytu
(is) surely (the) house
Vocabulary
Root: بيت
ٱلۡعَنكَبُوتِۚ
l-ʿankabūti
(of) the spider
Vocabulary
Root: عنكب
لَوۡ
law
if (only)
Vocabulary
كَانُواْ
kānū
they
Vocabulary
Root: كون
يَعۡلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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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.