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At-Tawbah 9:109

أَفَمَنۡ أَسَّسَ بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ تَقۡوَىٰ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضۡوَٰنٍ خَيۡرٌ أَم مَّنۡ أَسَّسَ بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ عَلَىٰ شَفَا جُرُفٍ هَارٖ فَٱنۡهَارَ بِهِۦ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Which is better: those who laid the foundation of their building on the fear and pleasure of Allah, or those who did so on the edge of a crumbling cliff that tumbled down with them into the Fire of Hell? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Word by word

أَفَمَنۡ
afaman
Then is (one) who
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أَسَّسَ
assasa
founded
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Root: اسس
بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ
bun'yānahu
his building
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عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
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تَقۡوَىٰ
taqwā
righteousness
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Root: وقي
مِنَ
mina
from
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ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
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Root: اله
وَرِضۡوَٰنٍ
wariḍ'wānin
and (His) pleasure
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Root: رضو
خَيۡرٌ
khayrun
better
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Root: خير
أَم
am
or
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مَّنۡ
man
(one) who
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أَسَّسَ
assasa
founded
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Root: اسس
بُنۡيَٰنَهُۥ
bun'yānahu
his building
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عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
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شَفَا
shafā
edge
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Root: شفو
جُرُفٍ
jurufin
(of) a cliff
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Root: جرف
هَارٖ
hārin
(about to) collapse
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Root: هور
فَٱنۡهَارَ
fa-in'hāra
so it collapsed
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Root: هور
بِهِۦ
bihi
with him
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فِي
fī
in
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نَارِ
nāri
(the) Fire
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Root: نور
جَهَنَّمَۗ
jahannama
(of) Hell
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وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
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Root: اله
لَا
lā
(does) not
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يَهۡدِي
yahdī
guide
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Root: هدي
ٱلۡقَوۡمَ
l-qawma
the wrongdoing people
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Root: قوم
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoing people
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Root: ظلم

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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.