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Al-A'raf 7:138

وَجَٰوَزۡنَا بِبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ فَأَتَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمٖ يَعۡكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصۡنَامٖ لَّهُمۡۚ قَالُواْ يَٰمُوسَى ٱجۡعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهٗا كَمَا لَهُمۡ ءَالِهَةٞۚ قَالَ إِنَّكُمۡ قَوۡمٞ تَجۡهَلُونَ

We brought the Children of Israel across the sea and they came upon a people devoted to idols. They demanded, “O Moses! Make for us a god like their gods.” He replied, “Indeed, you are a people acting ignorantly!

Word by word

وَجَٰوَزۡنَا
wajāwaznā
And We led across
Vocabulary
Root: جوز
بِبَنِيٓ
bibanī
(the) Children
Vocabulary
Root: بني
إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
is'rāīla
(of) Israel
Vocabulary
ٱلۡبَحۡرَ
l-baḥra
the sea
Vocabulary
Root: بحر
فَأَتَوۡاْ
fa-ataw
Then they came
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
Vocabulary
قَوۡمٖ
qawmin
a people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
يَعۡكُفُونَ
yaʿkufūna
devoted
Vocabulary
Root: عكف
عَلَىٰٓ
ʿalā
to
Vocabulary
أَصۡنَامٖ
aṣnāmin
idols
Vocabulary
Root: صنم
لَّهُمۡۚ
lahum
of theirs
Vocabulary
قَالُواْ
qālū
They said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
يَٰمُوسَى
yāmūsā
O Musa
Vocabulary
ٱجۡعَل
ij'ʿal
Make
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
لَّنَآ
lanā
for us
Vocabulary
إِلَٰهٗا
ilāhan
a god
Vocabulary
Root: اله
كَمَا
kamā
like what
Vocabulary
لَهُمۡ
lahum
they have
Vocabulary
ءَالِهَةٞۚ
ālihatun
gods
Vocabulary
Root: اله
قَالَ
qāla
He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّكُمۡ
innakum
Indeed, you
Vocabulary
قَوۡمٞ
qawmun
(are) a people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
تَجۡهَلُونَ
tajhalūna
ignorant
Vocabulary
Root: جهل

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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.