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An-Nisa 4:153

يَسۡـَٔلُكَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ كِتَٰبٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ فَقَدۡ سَأَلُواْ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكۡبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓاْ أَرِنَا ٱللَّهَ جَهۡرَةٗ فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ بِظُلۡمِهِمۡۚ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُواْ ٱلۡعِجۡلَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ فَعَفَوۡنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَۚ وَءَاتَيۡنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلۡطَٰنٗا مُّبِينٗا

The People of the Book demand that you ˹O Prophet˺ bring down for them a revelation in writing from heaven. They demanded what is even greater than this from Moses, saying, “Make Allah visible to us!” So a thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf for worship after receiving clear signs. Still We forgave them for that ˹after their repentance˺ and gave Moses compelling proof.

Word by word

يَسۡـَٔلُكَ
yasaluka
Ask you
Vocabulary
Root: سال
أَهۡلُ
ahlu
(the) People
Vocabulary
Root: اهل
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
أَن
an
that
Vocabulary
تُنَزِّلَ
tunazzila
you bring down
Vocabulary
Root: نزل
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ʿalayhim
to them
Vocabulary
كِتَٰبٗا
kitāban
a book
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
مِّنَ
mina
from
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّمَآءِۚ
l-samāi
the heaven
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
فَقَدۡ
faqad
Then indeed
Vocabulary
سَأَلُواْ
sa-alū
they (had) asked
Vocabulary
Root: سال
مُوسَىٰٓ
mūsā
Musa
Vocabulary
أَكۡبَرَ
akbara
greater
Vocabulary
Root: كبر
مِن
min
than
Vocabulary
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
Vocabulary
فَقَالُوٓاْ
faqālū
for they said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
أَرِنَا
arinā
Show us
Vocabulary
Root: راي
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
جَهۡرَةٗ
jahratan
manifestly
Vocabulary
Root: جهر
فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ
fa-akhadhathumu
so struck them
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ
l-ṣāʿiqatu
the thunderbolt
Vocabulary
Root: صعق
بِظُلۡمِهِمۡۚ
biẓul'mihim
for their wrongdoing
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
Vocabulary
ٱتَّخَذُواْ
ittakhadhū
they took
Vocabulary
Root: اخذ
ٱلۡعِجۡلَ
l-ʿij'la
the calf (for worship)
Vocabulary
Root: عجل
مِنۢ
min
from
Vocabulary
بَعۡدِ
baʿdi
after
Vocabulary
Root: بعد
مَا
mā
[what]
Vocabulary
جَآءَتۡهُمُ
jāathumu
came to them
Vocabulary
Root: جيا
ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتُ
l-bayinātu
the clear proofs
Vocabulary
Root: بين
فَعَفَوۡنَا
faʿafawnā
then We forgave them
Vocabulary
Root: عفو
عَن
ʿan
for
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ذَٰلِكَۚ
dhālika
that
Vocabulary
وَءَاتَيۡنَا
waātaynā
And We gave
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
Vocabulary
سُلۡطَٰنٗا
sul'ṭānan
an authority
Vocabulary
Root: سلط
مُّبِينٗا
mubīnan
clear
Vocabulary
Root: بين

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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.