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Ad-Dukhan 44:37

أَهُمۡ خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ قَوۡمُ تُبَّعٖ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ

Are they superior to the people of Tubba’ and those before them? We destroyed them ˹all˺, ˹for˺ they were truly wicked.

Word by word

أَهُمۡ
ahum
Are they
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خَيۡرٌ
khayrun
better
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Root: خير
أَمۡ
am
or
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قَوۡمُ
qawmu
(the) people
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Root: قوم
تُبَّعٖ
tubbaʿin
(of) Tubba
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وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those
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مِن
min
before them
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قَبۡلِهِمۡ
qablihim
before them
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Root: قبل
أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ
ahlaknāhum
We destroyed them
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Root: هلك
إِنَّهُمۡ
innahum
indeed, they
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كَانُواْ
kānū
were
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Root: كون
مُجۡرِمِينَ
muj'rimīna
criminals
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Root: جرم

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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.