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Hud 11:104
وَمَا نُؤَخِّرُهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِأَجَلٖ مَّعۡدُودٖ
We only delay it for a fixed term.
Yusuf 12:1
الٓرۚ تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡمُبِينِ
Alif-Lãm-Ra. These are the verses of the clear Book.
Yusuf 12:71
قَالُواْ وَأَقۡبَلُواْ عَلَيۡهِم مَّاذَا تَفۡقِدُونَ
They asked, turning back, “What have you lost?”
Ar-Ra'd 13:9
عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٱلۡمُتَعَالِ
˹He is the˺ Knower of the seen and the unseen—the All-Great, Most Exalted.
Ibrahim 14:15
وَٱسۡتَفۡتَحُواْ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٖ
And both sides called for judgment, so every stubborn tyrant was doomed.
Ibrahim 14:20
وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٖ
And that is not difficult for Allah ˹at all˺.
Al-Hijr 15:12
كَذَٰلِكَ نَسۡلُكُهُۥ فِي قُلُوبِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
This is how We allow disbelief ˹to steep˺ into the hearts of the wicked.
Al-Hijr 15:17
وَحَفِظۡنَٰهَا مِن كُلِّ شَيۡطَٰنٖ رَّجِيمٍ
And We protected it from every accursed devil,
Al-Hijr 15:34
قَالَ فَٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٞ
Allah commanded, “Then get out of Paradise, for you are truly cursed.
Al-Hijr 15:41
قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَيَّ مُسۡتَقِيمٌ
Allah said, “This is the Way, binding on Me:
Al-Hijr 15:45
إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٍ
Indeed, the righteous will be amid Gardens and springs.
Al-Hijr 15:50
وَأَنَّ عَذَابِي هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِيمُ
and that My torment is indeed the most painful.
Al-Hijr 15:57
قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُكُمۡ أَيُّهَا ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ
He ˹then˺ added, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”
Al-Hijr 15:61
فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ءَالَ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلُونَ
So when the messengers came to the family of Lot,
Al-Hijr 15:70
قَالُوٓاْ أَوَلَمۡ نَنۡهَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
They responded, “Have we not forbidden you from protecting anyone?”
Al-Hijr 15:72
لَعَمۡرُكَ إِنَّهُمۡ لَفِي سَكۡرَتِهِمۡ يَعۡمَهُونَ
By your life ˹O Prophet˺, they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺.
Al-Hijr 15:75
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّلۡمُتَوَسِّمِينَ
Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate.
Al-Hijr 15:77
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.
Al-Hijr 15:78
وَإِن كَانَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡأَيۡكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ
And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers,
Al-Hijr 15:79
فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ
so We inflicted punishment upon them. The ruins of both nations still lie on a well-known road.
Al-Hijr 15:80
وَلَقَدۡ كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡحِجۡرِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ
Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers.
Al-Hijr 15:81
وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا مُعۡرِضِينَ
We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them.
Al-Hijr 15:86
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلۡخَلَّـٰقُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
Surely your Lord is the Master Creator, All-Knowing.
Al-Hijr 15:89
وَقُلۡ إِنِّيٓ أَنَا ٱلنَّذِيرُ ٱلۡمُبِينُ
And say, “I am truly sent with a clear warning”—
Al-Hijr 15:99
وَٱعۡبُدۡ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأۡتِيَكَ ٱلۡيَقِينُ
and worship your Lord until the inevitable comes your way.
An-Nahl 16:42
ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُواْ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمۡ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
˹It is˺ they who have patiently endured, and in their Lord they put their trust.
An-Nahl 16:117
مَتَٰعٞ قَلِيلٞ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ
˹It is only˺ a brief enjoyment, then they will suffer a painful punishment.
Al-Isra 17:50
۞قُلۡ كُونُواْ حِجَارَةً أَوۡ حَدِيدًا
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “˹Yes, even if˺ you become stones, or iron,
Al-Isra 17:109
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلۡأَذۡقَانِ يَبۡكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمۡ خُشُوعٗا۩
And they fall down upon their faces weeping, and it increases them in humility.”
Al-Kahf 18:100
وَعَرَضۡنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَرۡضًا
On that Day We will display Hell clearly for the disbelievers,
Al-Kahf 18:103
قُلۡ هَلۡ نُنَبِّئُكُم بِٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ أَعۡمَٰلًا
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Shall we inform you of who will lose the most deeds?
Maryam 19:2
ذِكۡرُ رَحۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبۡدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ
˹This is˺ a reminder of your Lord’s mercy to His servant Zachariah,
Maryam 19:3
إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيّٗا
when he cried out to his Lord privately,
Maryam 19:22
۞فَحَمَلَتۡهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتۡ بِهِۦ مَكَانٗا قَصِيّٗا
So she conceived him and withdrew with him to a remote place.
Maryam 19:80
وَنَرِثُهُۥ مَا يَقُولُ وَيَأۡتِينَا فَرۡدٗا
And We will inherit what he boasts of, and he will come before Us all by himself.
Maryam 19:86
وَنَسُوقُ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ وِرۡدٗا
and drive the wicked to Hell like a thirsty herd.
Maryam 19:95
وَكُلُّهُمۡ ءَاتِيهِ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فَرۡدًا
And each of them will return to Him on the Day of Judgment all alone.
Taha 20:2
مَآ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِتَشۡقَىٰٓ
We have not revealed the Quran to you ˹O Prophet˺ to cause you distress,
Taha 20:13
وَأَنَا ٱخۡتَرۡتُكَ فَٱسۡتَمِعۡ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ
I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed:
Taha 20:20
فَأَلۡقَىٰهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَيَّةٞ تَسۡعَىٰ
So he did, then—behold!—it became a serpent, slithering.
Taha 20:24
ٱذۡهَبۡ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Go to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.”
Taha 20:25
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشۡرَحۡ لِي صَدۡرِي
Moses prayed, “My Lord! Uplift my heart for me,
Taha 20:29
وَٱجۡعَل لِّي وَزِيرٗا مِّنۡ أَهۡلِي
and grant me a helper from my family,
Taha 20:36
قَالَ قَدۡ أُوتِيتَ سُؤۡلَكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ
Allah responded, “All that you requested has been granted, O Moses!
Taha 20:37
وَلَقَدۡ مَنَنَّا عَلَيۡكَ مَرَّةً أُخۡرَىٰٓ
And surely We had shown You favour before,
Taha 20:43
ٱذۡهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ
Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has truly transgressed ˹all bounds˺.
Taha 20:51
قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلۡقُرُونِ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ
Pharaoh asked, “And what about previous peoples?”
Taha 20:62
فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓاْ أَمۡرَهُم بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَىٰ
So the magicians disputed the matter among themselves, conversing privately.
Taha 20:67
فَأَوۡجَسَ فِي نَفۡسِهِۦ خِيفَةٗ مُّوسَىٰ
So Moses concealed fear within himself.
Taha 20:79
وَأَضَلَّ فِرۡعَوۡنُ قَوۡمَهُۥ وَمَا هَدَىٰ
And ˹so˺ Pharaoh led his people astray, and did not guide ˹them rightly˺.
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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.