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Az-Zukhruf 43:58

وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُونَ

They exclaimed, “Which is better: our gods or Jesus?” They cite him only to argue. In fact, they are a people prone to dispute.

Word by word

وَقَالُوٓاْ
waqālū
And they said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا
aālihatunā
Are our gods
Vocabulary
Root: اله
خَيۡرٌ
khayrun
better
Vocabulary
Root: خير
أَمۡ
am
or
Vocabulary
هُوَۚ
huwa
he
Vocabulary
مَا
mā
Not
Vocabulary
ضَرَبُوهُ
ḍarabūhu
they present it
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
لَكَ
laka
to you
Vocabulary
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
جَدَلَۢاۚ
jadalan
(for) argument
Vocabulary
Root: جدل
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
Vocabulary
هُمۡ
hum
they
Vocabulary
قَوۡمٌ
qawmun
(are) a people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
خَصِمُونَ
khaṣimūna
argumentative
Vocabulary
Root: خصم

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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.