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An-Nisa 4:97

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ قَالُواْ فِيمَ كُنتُمۡۖ قَالُواْ كُنَّا مُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ قَالُوٓاْ أَلَمۡ تَكُنۡ أَرۡضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٗ فَتُهَاجِرُواْ فِيهَاۚ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ جَهَنَّمُۖ وَسَآءَتۡ مَصِيرًا

When the angels seize the souls of those who have wronged themselves—scolding them, “What do you think you were doing?” they will reply, “We were oppressed in the land.” The angels will respond, “Was Allah’s earth not spacious enough for you to emigrate?” It is they who will have Hell as their home—what an evil destination!

Word by word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
Vocabulary
تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ
tawaffāhumu
take them (in death)
Vocabulary
Root: وفي
ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ
l-malāikatu
the Angels
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
ظَالِمِيٓ
ẓālimī
(while) they (were) wronging
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
أَنفُسِهِمۡ
anfusihim
themselves
Vocabulary
Root: نفس
قَالُواْ
qālū
they say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
فِيمَ
fīma
In what (condition)
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كُنتُمۡۖ
kuntum
were you
Vocabulary
Root: كون
قَالُواْ
qālū
They said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
كُنَّا
kunnā
We were
Vocabulary
Root: كون
مُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ
mus'taḍʿafīna
oppressed
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Root: ضعف
فِي
fī
in
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
l-arḍi
the earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
قَالُوٓاْ
qālū
They said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
أَلَمۡ
alam
Not
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تَكُنۡ
takun
was
Vocabulary
Root: كون
أَرۡضُ
arḍu
(the) earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَٰسِعَةٗ
wāsiʿatan
spacious (enough)
Vocabulary
Root: وسع
فَتُهَاجِرُواْ
fatuhājirū
so that you (could) emigrate
Vocabulary
Root: هجر
فِيهَاۚ
fīhā
in it
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فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ
fa-ulāika
Then those
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مَأۡوَىٰهُمۡ
mawāhum
(will have) their abode
Vocabulary
Root: اوي
جَهَنَّمُۖ
jahannamu
(in) Hell
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وَسَآءَتۡ
wasāat
and it is an evil
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Root: سوا
مَصِيرًا
maṣīran
destination
Vocabulary
Root: صير

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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.