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An-Nisa 4:18

وَلَيۡسَتِ ٱلتَّوۡبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ إِنِّي تُبۡتُ ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٌۚ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا

However, repentance is not accepted from those who knowingly persist in sin until they start dying, and then cry, “Now I repent!” nor those who die as disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.

Word by word

وَلَيۡسَتِ
walaysati
And not
Vocabulary
Root: ليس
ٱلتَّوۡبَةُ
l-tawbatu
(is) the acceptance of repentance
Vocabulary
Root: توب
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
Vocabulary
يَعۡمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
Vocabulary
Root: عمل
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
l-sayiāti
the evil deeds
Vocabulary
Root: سوا
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
Vocabulary
إِذَا
idhā
when
Vocabulary
حَضَرَ
ḥaḍara
approaches
Vocabulary
Root: حضر
أَحَدَهُمُ
aḥadahumu
one of them
Vocabulary
Root: احد
ٱلۡمَوۡتُ
l-mawtu
[the] death
Vocabulary
Root: موت
قَالَ
qāla
he says
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنِّي
innī
Indeed I
Vocabulary
تُبۡتُ
tub'tu
repent
Vocabulary
Root: توب
ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ
l-āna
now
Vocabulary
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
Vocabulary
يَمُوتُونَ
yamūtūna
die
Vocabulary
Root: موت
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they
Vocabulary
كُفَّارٌۚ
kuffārun
(are) disbelievers
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ
ulāika
Those
Vocabulary
أَعۡتَدۡنَا
aʿtadnā
We have prepared
Vocabulary
Root: عتد
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
Vocabulary
عَذَابًا
ʿadhāban
a punishment
Vocabulary
Root: عذب
أَلِيمٗا
alīman
painful
Vocabulary
Root: الم

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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.