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Ash-Shuraa 42:51

۞وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحۡيًا أَوۡ مِن وَرَآيِٕ حِجَابٍ أَوۡ يُرۡسِلَ رَسُولٗا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ مَا يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٞ

It is not ˹possible˺ for a human being to have Allah communicate with them, except through inspiration, or from behind a veil, or by sending a messenger-angel to reveal whatever He wills by His permission. He is surely Most High, All-Wise.

Word by word

۞وَمَا
wamā
And not
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كَانَ
kāna
is
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Root: كون
لِبَشَرٍ
libasharin
for any human
Vocabulary
Root: بشر
أَن
an
that
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يُكَلِّمَهُ
yukallimahu
Allah should speak to him
Vocabulary
Root: كلم
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah should speak to him
Vocabulary
Root: اله
إِلَّا
illā
except
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وَحۡيًا
waḥyan
(by) revelation
Vocabulary
Root: وحي
أَوۡ
aw
or
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مِن
min
from
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وَرَآيِٕ
warāi
behind
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حِجَابٍ
ḥijābin
a veil
Vocabulary
Root: حجب
أَوۡ
aw
or
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يُرۡسِلَ
yur'sila
(by) sending
Vocabulary
Root: رسل
رَسُولٗا
rasūlan
a Messenger
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Root: رسل
فَيُوحِيَ
fayūḥiya
then he reveals
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Root: وحي
بِإِذۡنِهِۦ
bi-idh'nihi
by His permission
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مَا
mā
what
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يَشَآءُۚ
yashāu
He wills
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Root: شيا
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
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عَلِيٌّ
ʿaliyyun
(is) Most High
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Root: علو
حَكِيمٞ
ḥakīmun
Most Wise
Vocabulary
Root: حكم

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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.