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An-Nisa 4:98

إِلَّا ٱلۡمُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنِ لَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةٗ وَلَا يَهۡتَدُونَ سَبِيلٗا

Except helpless men, women, and children who cannot afford a way out—

Word by word

إِلَّا
illā
Except
Vocabulary
ٱلۡمُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ
l-mus'taḍʿafīna
the oppressed
Vocabulary
Root: ضعف
مِنَ
mina
among
Vocabulary
ٱلرِّجَالِ
l-rijāli
the men
Vocabulary
Root: رجل
وَٱلنِّسَآءِ
wal-nisāi
and the women
Vocabulary
Root: نسو
وَٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنِ
wal-wil'dāni
and the children
Vocabulary
Root: ولد
لَا
lā
(who) not
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
yastaṭīʿūna
are able to
Vocabulary
Root: طوع
حِيلَةٗ
ḥīlatan
plan
Vocabulary
Root: حول
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
يَهۡتَدُونَ
yahtadūna
they are directed
Vocabulary
Root: هدي
سَبِيلٗا
sabīlan
(to) a way
Vocabulary
Root: سبل

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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.