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Al-A'raf 7:28

وَإِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَٰحِشَةٗ قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهَآ ءَابَآءَنَا وَٱللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَاۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

Whenever they commit a shameful deed, they say, “We found our forefathers doing it and Allah has commanded us to do it.” Say, “No! Allah never commands what is shameful. How can you attribute to Allah what you do not know?”

Word by word

وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
Vocabulary
فَعَلُواْ
faʿalū
they do
Vocabulary
Root: فعل
فَٰحِشَةٗ
fāḥishatan
immorality
Vocabulary
Root: فحش
قَالُواْ
qālū
they say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
وَجَدۡنَا
wajadnā
We found
Vocabulary
Root: وجد
عَلَيۡهَآ
ʿalayhā
on it
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ءَابَآءَنَا
ābāanā
our forefathers
Vocabulary
Root: ابو
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
and Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
أَمَرَنَا
amaranā
(has) ordered us
Vocabulary
Root: امر
بِهَاۗ
bihā
of it
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قُلۡ
qul
Say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لَا
lā
(does) not
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يَأۡمُرُ
yamuru
order
Vocabulary
Root: امر
بِٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِۖ
bil-faḥshāi
immorality
Vocabulary
Root: فحش
أَتَقُولُونَ
ataqūlūna
Do you say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
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ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
مَا
mā
what
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لَا
lā
not
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تَعۡلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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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.