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Ali 'Imran 3:98

قُلۡ يَـٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا تَعۡمَلُونَ

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “O People of the Book! Why do you deny the revelations of Allah, when Allah is a Witness to what you do?”

Word by word

قُلۡ
qul
Say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
يَـٰٓأَهۡلَ
yāahla
O People
Vocabulary
Root: اهل
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
لِمَ
lima
Why
Vocabulary
تَكۡفُرُونَ
takfurūna
(do) you disbelieve
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
بِـَٔايَٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Verses
Vocabulary
Root: ايي
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
while Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
شَهِيدٌ
shahīdun
(is) a Witness
Vocabulary
Root: شهد
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
over
Vocabulary
مَا
mā
what
Vocabulary
تَعۡمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
Vocabulary
Root: عمل

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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.