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An-Nisa 4:78

أَيۡنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُرُوجٖ مُّشَيَّدَةٖۗ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ حَسَنَةٞ يَقُولُواْ هَٰذِهِۦ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةٞ يَقُولُواْ هَٰذِهِۦ مِنۡ عِندِكَۚ قُلۡ كُلّٞ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ فَمَالِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفۡقَهُونَ حَدِيثٗا

Wherever you may be, death will overcome you—even if you were in fortified towers.” When something good befalls them, they say, “This is from Allah,” but when something evil befalls them, they say, “This is from you.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Both have been destined by Allah.” So what is the matter with these people? They can hardly comprehend anything!

Word by word

أَيۡنَمَا
aynamā
Wherever
Vocabulary
تَكُونُواْ
takūnū
you be
Vocabulary
Root: كون
يُدۡرِككُّمُ
yud'rikkumu
will overtake you
Vocabulary
Root: درك
ٱلۡمَوۡتُ
l-mawtu
[the] death
Vocabulary
Root: موت
وَلَوۡ
walaw
even if
Vocabulary
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you are
Vocabulary
Root: كون
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
بُرُوجٖ
burūjin
towers
Vocabulary
Root: برج
مُّشَيَّدَةٖۗ
mushayyadatin
lofty
Vocabulary
Root: شيد
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
Vocabulary
تُصِبۡهُمۡ
tuṣib'hum
befalls them
Vocabulary
Root: صوب
حَسَنَةٞ
ḥasanatun
any good
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
يَقُولُواْ
yaqūlū
they say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
هَٰذِهِۦ
hādhihi
This
Vocabulary
مِنۡ
min
(is)
Vocabulary
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
Vocabulary
Root: عند
ٱللَّهِۖ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
Vocabulary
تُصِبۡهُمۡ
tuṣib'hum
befalls them
Vocabulary
Root: صوب
سَيِّئَةٞ
sayyi-atun
any evil
Vocabulary
Root: سوا
يَقُولُواْ
yaqūlū
they say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
هَٰذِهِۦ
hādhihi
This
Vocabulary
مِنۡ
min
(is) from
Vocabulary
عِندِكَۚ
ʿindika
you
Vocabulary
Root: عند
قُلۡ
qul
Say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
كُلّٞ
kullun
All
Vocabulary
Root: كلل
مِّنۡ
min
(is)
Vocabulary
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
Vocabulary
Root: عند
ٱللَّهِۖ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
فَمَالِ
famāli
So what (is wrong)
Vocabulary
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
(with) these
Vocabulary
ٱلۡقَوۡمِ
l-qawmi
[the] people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
لَا
lā
not
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يَكَادُونَ
yakādūna
do they seem
Vocabulary
Root: كود
يَفۡقَهُونَ
yafqahūna
(to) understand
Vocabulary
Root: فقه
حَدِيثٗا
ḥadīthan
any statement
Vocabulary
Root: حدث

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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.