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At-Tawbah 9:8

كَيۡفَ وَإِن يَظۡهَرُواْ عَلَيۡكُمۡ لَا يَرۡقُبُواْ فِيكُمۡ إِلّٗا وَلَا ذِمَّةٗۚ يُرۡضُونَكُم بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ وَتَأۡبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ فَٰسِقُونَ

How ˹can they have a treaty˺? If they were to have the upper hand over you, they would have no respect for kinship or treaty. They only flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts are in denial, and most of them are rebellious.

Word by word

كَيۡفَ
kayfa
How
Vocabulary
Root: كيف
وَإِن
wa-in
while, if
Vocabulary
يَظۡهَرُواْ
yaẓharū
they gain dominance
Vocabulary
Root: ظهر
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
ʿalaykum
over you
Vocabulary
لَا
lā
they do not regard (the ties)
Vocabulary
يَرۡقُبُواْ
yarqubū
they do not regard (the ties)
Vocabulary
Root: رقب
فِيكُمۡ
fīkum
with you
Vocabulary
إِلّٗا
illan
(of) kinship
Vocabulary
Root: الل
وَلَا
walā
and not
Vocabulary
ذِمَّةٗۚ
dhimmatan
covenant of protection
Vocabulary
Root: ذمم
يُرۡضُونَكُم
yur'ḍūnakum
They satisfy you
Vocabulary
Root: رضو
بِأَفۡوَٰهِهِمۡ
bi-afwāhihim
with their mouths
Vocabulary
Root: فوه
وَتَأۡبَىٰ
watabā
but refuse
Vocabulary
Root: ابي
قُلُوبُهُمۡ
qulūbuhum
their hearts
Vocabulary
Root: قلب
وَأَكۡثَرُهُمۡ
wa-aktharuhum
and most of them
Vocabulary
Root: كثر
فَٰسِقُونَ
fāsiqūna
(are) defiantly disobedient
Vocabulary
Root: فسق

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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.