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Al-A'raf 7:163

وَسۡـَٔلۡهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتۡ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلۡبَحۡرِ إِذۡ يَعۡدُونَ فِي ٱلسَّبۡتِ إِذۡ تَأۡتِيهِمۡ حِيتَانُهُمۡ يَوۡمَ سَبۡتِهِمۡ شُرَّعٗا وَيَوۡمَ لَا يَسۡبِتُونَ لَا تَأۡتِيهِمۡۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبۡلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ

Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ about ˹the people of˺ the town which was by the sea, who broke the Sabbath. During the Sabbath, ˹abundant˺ fish would come to them clearly visible, but on other days the fish were never seen. In this way We tested them for their rebelliousness.

Word by word

وَسۡـَٔلۡهُمۡ
wasalhum
And ask them
Vocabulary
Root: سال
عَنِ
ʿani
about
Vocabulary
ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ
l-qaryati
the town
Vocabulary
Root: قري
ٱلَّتِي
allatī
which
Vocabulary
كَانَتۡ
kānat
was
Vocabulary
Root: كون
حَاضِرَةَ
ḥāḍirata
situated
Vocabulary
Root: حضر
ٱلۡبَحۡرِ
l-baḥri
(by) the sea
Vocabulary
Root: بحر
إِذۡ
idh
when
Vocabulary
يَعۡدُونَ
yaʿdūna
they transgressed
Vocabulary
Root: عدو
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّبۡتِ
l-sabti
the (matter of) Sabbath
Vocabulary
Root: سبت
إِذۡ
idh
when
Vocabulary
تَأۡتِيهِمۡ
tatīhim
came to them
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
حِيتَانُهُمۡ
ḥītānuhum
their fish
Vocabulary
Root: حوت
يَوۡمَ
yawma
(on the) day
Vocabulary
Root: يوم
سَبۡتِهِمۡ
sabtihim
(of) their Sabbath
Vocabulary
Root: سبت
شُرَّعٗا
shurraʿan
visibly
Vocabulary
Root: شرع
وَيَوۡمَ
wayawma
and (on the) day
Vocabulary
Root: يوم
لَا
lā
not
Vocabulary
يَسۡبِتُونَ
yasbitūna
they had Sabbath
Vocabulary
Root: سبت
لَا
lā
(they did) not
Vocabulary
تَأۡتِيهِمۡۚ
tatīhim
come to them
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhālika
Thus
Vocabulary
نَبۡلُوهُم
nablūhum
We test them
Vocabulary
Root: بلو
بِمَا
bimā
because
Vocabulary
كَانُواْ
kānū
they were
Vocabulary
Root: كون
يَفۡسُقُونَ
yafsuqūna
defiantly disobeying
Vocabulary
Root: فسق

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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.