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At-Tawbah 9:38

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَا لَكُمۡ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱنفِرُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱثَّاقَلۡتُمۡ إِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ أَرَضِيتُم بِٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مِنَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ فَمَا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

O believers! What is the matter with you that when you are asked to march forth in the cause of Allah, you cling firmly to ˹your˺ land? Do you prefer the life of this world over the Hereafter? The enjoyment of this worldly life is insignificant compared to that of the Hereafter.

Word by word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you who believe
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
O you who believe
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ءَامَنُواْ
āmanū
O you who believe
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Root: امن
مَا
mā
What
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لَكُمۡ
lakum
(is the matter) with you
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إِذَا
idhā
when
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قِيلَ
qīla
it is said
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Root: قول
لَكُمُ
lakumu
to you
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ٱنفِرُواْ
infirū
go forth
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Root: نفر
فِي
fī
in
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سَبِيلِ
sabīli
(the) way
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Root: سبل
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
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Root: اله
ٱثَّاقَلۡتُمۡ
ithāqaltum
you cling heavily
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Root: ثقل
إِلَى
ilā
to
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
l-arḍi
the earth
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Root: ارض
أَرَضِيتُم
araḍītum
Are you pleased
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Root: رضو
بِٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
bil-ḥayati
with the life
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Root: حيي
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
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Root: دنو
مِنَ
mina
(rather) than
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ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۚ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter
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فَمَا
famā
But what
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مَتَٰعُ
matāʿu
(is the) enjoyment
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Root: متع
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
(of) the life
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Root: حيي
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
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Root: دنو
فِي
fī
in (comparison to)
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ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the hereafter
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إِلَّا
illā
except
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قَلِيلٌ
qalīlun
a little
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Root: قلل

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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.