Hud 11:79

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Arabic English Morphology
They said V
لَقَدْ laqad
Verily Prep
عَلِمْتَ ʿalim'ta
you know V
مَا
(that) not Prep
لَنَا lanā
we have Noun
فِى
concerning Prep
بَنَاتِكَ banātika
your daughters Noun
مِنْ min
any Prep
حَقٍّ ḥaqqin
right Noun
وَإِنَّكَ wa-innaka
And indeed, you Prep
surely know V
مَا
what Noun
نُرِيدُ nurīdu
we want V

They said, ‘You know very well that we have no right to your daughters. You know very well what we want.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالُوا۟ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا لَنَا فِی بَنَاتِكَ مِنۡ حَقࣲّ وَإِنَّكَ لَتَعۡلَمُ مَا نُرِیدُ ۝٧٩

qālū laqad ʿalim'ta mā lanā fī banātika min ḥaqqin wa-innaka lataʿlamu mā nurīd