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Al-Ma'idah 5:18

وَقَالَتِ ٱلۡيَهُودُ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ نَحۡنُ أَبۡنَـٰٓؤُاْ ٱللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّـٰٓؤُهُۥۚ قُلۡ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُم بِذُنُوبِكُمۖ بَلۡ أَنتُم بَشَرٞ مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقَۚ يَغۡفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُۚ وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ وَإِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

The Jews and the Christians each say, “We are the children of Allah and His most beloved!” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Why then does He punish you for your sins? No! You are only humans like others of His Own making. He forgives whoever He wills and punishes whoever He wills. To Allah ˹alone˺ belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything in between. And to Him is the final return.”

Word by word

وَقَالَتِ
waqālati
And said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
ٱلۡيَهُودُ
l-yahūdu
the Jews
Vocabulary
وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ
wal-naṣārā
and the Christians
Vocabulary
Root: نصر
نَحۡنُ
naḥnu
We (are)
Vocabulary
أَبۡنَـٰٓؤُاْ
abnāu
(the) children
Vocabulary
Root: بني
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَأَحِبَّـٰٓؤُهُۥۚ
wa-aḥibbāuhu
and His beloved
Vocabulary
قُلۡ
qul
Say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
فَلِمَ
falima
Then why
Vocabulary
يُعَذِّبُكُم
yuʿadhibukum
(does He) punish you
Vocabulary
Root: عذب
بِذُنُوبِكُمۖ
bidhunūbikum
for your sins
Vocabulary
Root: ذنب
بَلۡ
bal
Nay
Vocabulary
أَنتُم
antum
you (are)
Vocabulary
بَشَرٞ
basharun
human beings
Vocabulary
Root: بشر
مِّمَّنۡ
mimman
from among (those)
Vocabulary
خَلَقَۚ
khalaqa
He created
Vocabulary
Root: خلق
يَغۡفِرُ
yaghfiru
He forgives
Vocabulary
Root: غفر
لِمَن
liman
[for] whom
Vocabulary
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَيُعَذِّبُ
wayuʿadhibu
and punishes
Vocabulary
Root: عذب
مَن
man
whom
Vocabulary
يَشَآءُۚ
yashāu
He wills
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
مُلۡكُ
mul'ku
(is the) dominion
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
(of) the heavens
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
وَمَا
wamā
and whatever
Vocabulary
بَيۡنَهُمَاۖ
baynahumā
(is) between them
Vocabulary
Root: بين
وَإِلَيۡهِ
wa-ilayhi
and to Him
Vocabulary
ٱلۡمَصِيرُ
l-maṣīru
(is) the final return
Vocabulary
Root: صير

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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.