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An-Nisa 4:66

وَلَوۡ أَنَّا كَتَبۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ أَنِ ٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡ أَوِ ٱخۡرُجُواْ مِن دِيَٰرِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٞ مِّنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ فَعَلُواْ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦ لَكَانَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۡ وَأَشَدَّ تَثۡبِيتٗا

If We had commanded them to sacrifice themselves or abandon their homes, none would have obeyed except for a few. Had they done what they were advised to do, it would have certainly been far better for them and more reassuring,

Word by word

وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
Vocabulary
أَنَّا
annā
[that] We
Vocabulary
كَتَبۡنَا
katabnā
(had) decreed
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
ʿalayhim
on them
Vocabulary
أَنِ
ani
that
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ٱقۡتُلُوٓاْ
uq'tulū
Kill
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
أَنفُسَكُمۡ
anfusakum
yourselves
Vocabulary
Root: نفس
أَوِ
awi
or
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ٱخۡرُجُواْ
ukh'rujū
Go forth
Vocabulary
Root: خرج
مِن
min
from
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دِيَٰرِكُم
diyārikum
your homes
Vocabulary
Root: دور
مَّا
mā
not
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فَعَلُوهُ
faʿalūhu
they would have done it
Vocabulary
Root: فعل
إِلَّا
illā
except
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قَلِيلٞ
qalīlun
a few
Vocabulary
Root: قلل
مِّنۡهُمۡۖ
min'hum
of them
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وَلَوۡ
walaw
But if
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أَنَّهُمۡ
annahum
[that] they
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فَعَلُواْ
faʿalū
had done
Vocabulary
Root: فعل
مَا
mā
what
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يُوعَظُونَ
yūʿaẓūna
they were advised
Vocabulary
Root: وعظ
بِهِۦ
bihi
with [it]
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لَكَانَ
lakāna
surely (it) would have been
Vocabulary
Root: كون
خَيۡرٗا
khayran
better
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Root: خير
لَّهُمۡ
lahum
for them
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وَأَشَدَّ
wa-ashadda
and stronger
Vocabulary
Root: شدد
تَثۡبِيتٗا
tathbītan
strengthen(ing)
Vocabulary
Root: ثبت

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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.