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Al-Jinn 72:9

وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقۡعُدُ مِنۡهَا مَقَٰعِدَ لِلسَّمۡعِۖ فَمَن يَسۡتَمِعِ ٱلۡأٓنَ يَجِدۡ لَهُۥ شِهَابٗا رَّصَدٗا

We used to take up positions there for eavesdropping, but whoever dares eavesdrop now will find a flare lying in wait for them.

Word by word

وَأَنَّا
wa-annā
And that we
Vocabulary
كُنَّا
kunnā
used (to)
Vocabulary
Root: كون
نَقۡعُدُ
naqʿudu
sit
Vocabulary
Root: قعد
مِنۡهَا
min'hā
there in
Vocabulary
مَقَٰعِدَ
maqāʿida
positions
Vocabulary
Root: قعد
لِلسَّمۡعِۖ
lilssamʿi
for hearing
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
فَمَن
faman
but (he) who
Vocabulary
يَسۡتَمِعِ
yastamiʿi
listens
Vocabulary
Root: سمع
ٱلۡأٓنَ
l-āna
now
Vocabulary
يَجِدۡ
yajid
will find
Vocabulary
Root: وجد
لَهُۥ
lahu
for him
Vocabulary
شِهَابٗا
shihāban
a flaming fire
Vocabulary
Root: شهب
رَّصَدٗا
raṣadan
waiting
Vocabulary
Root: رصد

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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.