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At-Tur 52:38

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ

Or do they have a stairway, by which they eavesdrop ˹on the heavens˺? Then let those who do so bring a compelling proof.

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أَمۡ
am
Or
Vocabulary
لَهُمۡ
lahum
for them
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سُلَّمٞ
sullamun
(is) a stairway
Vocabulary
Root: سلم
يَسۡتَمِعُونَ
yastamiʿūna
they listen
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
فِيهِۖ
fīhi
therewith
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فَلۡيَأۡتِ
falyati
Then let bring
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
مُسۡتَمِعُهُم
mus'tamiʿuhum
their listener
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ
bisul'ṭānin
an authority
Vocabulary
Root: سلط
مُّبِينٍ
mubīnin
clear
Vocabulary
Root: بين

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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.