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Ali 'Imran 3:78

وَإِنَّ مِنۡهُمۡ لَفَرِيقٗا يَلۡوُۥنَ أَلۡسِنَتَهُم بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِتَحۡسَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ

There are some among them who distort the Book with their tongues to make you think this ˹distortion˺ is from the Book—but it is not what the Book says. They say, “It is from Allah”—but it is not from Allah. And ˹so˺ they attribute lies to Allah knowingly.

Word by word

وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
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مِنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
among them
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لَفَرِيقٗا
lafarīqan
surely (is) a group
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Root: فرق
يَلۡوُۥنَ
yalwūna
they distort
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أَلۡسِنَتَهُم
alsinatahum
their tongues
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Root: لسن
بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
bil-kitābi
in (reciting) the Book
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Root: كتب
لِتَحۡسَبُوهُ
litaḥsabūhu
so that you may think it
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Root: حسب
مِنَ
mina
(is) from
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ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
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Root: كتب
وَمَا
wamā
and not
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هُوَ
huwa
it
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مِنَ
mina
(is) from
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ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
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Root: كتب
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
And they say
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Root: قول
هُوَ
huwa
It
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مِنۡ
min
(is)
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عِندِ
ʿindi
from
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Root: عند
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
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Root: اله
وَمَا
wamā
But not
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هُوَ
huwa
it
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مِنۡ
min
(is)
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عِندِ
ʿindi
from
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Root: عند
ٱللَّهِۖ
l-lahi
Allah
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Root: اله
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
And they say
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Root: قول
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
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ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
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Root: اله
ٱلۡكَذِبَ
l-kadhiba
the lie
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Root: كذب
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they
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يَعۡلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
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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.