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Al-Ahqaf 46:17

وَٱلَّذِي قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ أُفّٖ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِيٓ أَنۡ أُخۡرَجَ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلۡقُرُونُ مِن قَبۡلِي وَهُمَا يَسۡتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيۡلَكَ ءَامِنۡ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

But some scold their parents, “Enough with you! Are you warning me that I will be brought forth ˹from the grave˺, while many generations had already perished before me ˹for good˺?” The parents cry to Allah for help, ˹and warn their child,˺ “Pity you. Have faith! Surely Allah’s promise is true.” But the deniers insist, “This is nothing but ancient fables.”

Word by word

وَٱلَّذِي
wa-alladhī
But the one who
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قَالَ
qāla
says
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Root: قول
لِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ
liwālidayhi
to his parents
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Root: ولد
أُفّٖ
uffin
Uff
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Root: افف
لَّكُمَآ
lakumā
to both of you
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أَتَعِدَانِنِيٓ
ataʿidāninī
Do you promise me
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Root: وعد
أَنۡ
an
that
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أُخۡرَجَ
ukh'raja
I will be brought forth
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Root: خرج
وَقَدۡ
waqad
and have already passed away
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خَلَتِ
khalati
and have already passed away
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Root: خلو
ٱلۡقُرُونُ
l-qurūnu
the generations
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Root: قرن
مِن
min
before me
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قَبۡلِي
qablī
before me
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Root: قبل
وَهُمَا
wahumā
And they both
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يَسۡتَغِيثَانِ
yastaghīthāni
seek help
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Root: غوث
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
(of) Allah
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Root: اله
وَيۡلَكَ
waylaka
Woe to you
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ءَامِنۡ
āmin
Believe
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Root: امن
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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وَعۡدَ
waʿda
(the) Promise
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Root: وعد
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
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Root: اله
حَقّٞ
ḥaqqun
(is) true
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Root: حقق
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqūlu
But he says
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Root: قول
مَا
mā
Not
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هَٰذَآ
hādhā
(is) this
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إِلَّآ
illā
but
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أَسَٰطِيرُ
asāṭīru
(the) stories
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Root: سطر
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
l-awalīna
(of) the former (people)
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Root: اول

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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.