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At-Tawbah 9:120

مَا كَانَ لِأَهۡلِ ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ وَمَنۡ حَوۡلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُواْ عَن رَّسُولِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَرۡغَبُواْ بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ لَا يُصِيبُهُمۡ ظَمَأٞ وَلَا نَصَبٞ وَلَا مَخۡمَصَةٞ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوۡطِئٗا يَغِيظُ ٱلۡكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنۡ عَدُوّٖ نَّيۡلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ عَمَلٞ صَٰلِحٌۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجۡرَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ

It was not ˹proper˺ for the people of Medina and the nomadic Arabs around them to avoid marching with the Messenger of Allah or to prefer their own lives above his. That is because whenever they suffer from thirst, fatigue, or hunger in the cause of Allah; or tread on a territory, unnerving the disbelievers; or inflict any loss on an enemy—it is written to their credit as a good deed. Surely Allah never discounts the reward of the good-doers.

Word by word

مَا
mā
Not
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كَانَ
kāna
it was
Vocabulary
Root: كون
لِأَهۡلِ
li-ahli
(for) the people
Vocabulary
Root: اهل
ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ
l-madīnati
of the Madinah
Vocabulary
Root: مدن
وَمَنۡ
waman
and who
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حَوۡلَهُم
ḥawlahum
were around them
Vocabulary
Root: حول
مِّنَ
mina
of
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ٱلۡأَعۡرَابِ
l-aʿrābi
the bedouins
Vocabulary
Root: عرب
أَن
an
that
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يَتَخَلَّفُواْ
yatakhallafū
they remain behind
Vocabulary
Root: خلف
عَن
ʿan
after
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رَّسُولِ
rasūli
the Messenger
Vocabulary
Root: رسل
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
of Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَلَا
walā
and not
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يَرۡغَبُواْ
yarghabū
they prefer
Vocabulary
Root: رغب
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ
bi-anfusihim
their lives
Vocabulary
Root: نفس
عَن
ʿan
to
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نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ
nafsihi
his life
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ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
That is
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بِأَنَّهُمۡ
bi-annahum
because [they]
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لَا
lā
(does) not
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يُصِيبُهُمۡ
yuṣībuhum
afflict them
Vocabulary
Root: صوب
ظَمَأٞ
ẓama-on
thirst
Vocabulary
Root: ظما
وَلَا
walā
and not
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نَصَبٞ
naṣabun
fatigue
Vocabulary
Root: نصب
وَلَا
walā
and not
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مَخۡمَصَةٞ
makhmaṣatun
hunger
Vocabulary
Root: خمص
فِي
fī
in
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سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
Vocabulary
Root: سبل
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَلَا
walā
and not
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يَطَـُٔونَ
yaṭaūna
they step
Vocabulary
Root: وطا
مَوۡطِئٗا
mawṭi-an
any step
Vocabulary
Root: وطا
يَغِيظُ
yaghīẓu
that angers
Vocabulary
Root: غيظ
ٱلۡكُفَّارَ
l-kufāra
the disbelievers
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Root: كفر
وَلَا
walā
and not
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يَنَالُونَ
yanālūna
they inflict
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Root: نيل
مِنۡ
min
on
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عَدُوّٖ
ʿaduwwin
an enemy
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Root: عدو
نَّيۡلًا
naylan
an infliction
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Root: نيل
إِلَّا
illā
except
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كُتِبَ
kutiba
is recorded
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Root: كتب
لَهُم
lahum
for them
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بِهِۦ
bihi
in it
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عَمَلٞ
ʿamalun
(as) a deed
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Root: عمل
صَٰلِحٌۚ
ṣāliḥun
righteous
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Root: صلح
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
لَا
lā
(does) not
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يُضِيعُ
yuḍīʿu
allow to be lost
Vocabulary
Root: ضيع
أَجۡرَ
ajra
the reward
Vocabulary
Root: اجر
ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ
l-muḥ'sinīna
(of) the good-doers
Vocabulary
Root: حسن

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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.