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Al-Anfal 8:9

إِذۡ تَسۡتَغِيثُونَ رَبَّكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَجَابَ لَكُمۡ أَنِّي مُمِدُّكُم بِأَلۡفٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ مُرۡدِفِينَ

˹Remember˺ when you cried out to your Lord for help, He answered, “I will reinforce you with a thousand angels—followed by many others.”

Word by word

إِذۡ
idh
When
Vocabulary
تَسۡتَغِيثُونَ
tastaghīthūna
you were seeking help
Vocabulary
Root: غوث
رَبَّكُمۡ
rabbakum
(of) your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
فَٱسۡتَجَابَ
fa-is'tajāba
and He answered
Vocabulary
Root: جوب
لَكُمۡ
lakum
[to] you
Vocabulary
أَنِّي
annī
Indeed I am
Vocabulary
مُمِدُّكُم
mumiddukum
going to reinforce you
Vocabulary
Root: مدد
بِأَلۡفٖ
bi-alfin
with a thousand
Vocabulary
Root: الف
مِّنَ
mina
of
Vocabulary
ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ
l-malāikati
the Angels
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
مُرۡدِفِينَ
mur'difīna
one after another
Vocabulary
Root: ردف

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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.