The Bee — Verse 103
16:103 · an-Nahl
The Bee 16:103
Text Analysis
·
Go to Parallel Translations
| Arabic | English | Morphology |
|---|---|---|
|
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
|
And certainly | Prep |
|
نَعْلَمُ
naʿlamu
|
We know | V |
|
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
|
that they | Prep |
|
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
|
say | V |
|
إِنَّمَا
innamā
|
Only | Prep |
|
يُعَلِّمُهُۥ
yuʿallimuhu
|
teaches him | V |
|
بَشَرٌ
basharun
|
a human being | Noun |
|
لِّسَانُ
lisānu
|
(The) tongue | Noun |
|
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
|
(of) the one | Noun |
|
يُلْحِدُونَ
yul'ḥidūna
|
they refer | V |
|
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
|
to him | Prep |
|
أَعْجَمِىٌّ
aʿjamiyyun
|
(is) foreign | Noun |
|
وَهَٰذَا
wahādhā
|
while this | Noun |
|
لِسَانٌ
lisānun
|
(is) a language | Noun |
|
عَرَبِىٌّ
ʿarabiyyun
|
Arabic | Noun |
|
مُّبِينٌ
mubīnun
|
clear | Noun |
We know very well that they say, ‘It is a man who teaches him,’ but the language of the person they allude to is foreign, while this revelation is in clear Arabic
— Abdel Haleem
Arabic Text
وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّهُمۡ یَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا یُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرࣱۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِی یُلۡحِدُونَ إِلَیۡهِ أَعۡجَمِیࣱّ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِیࣱّ مُّبِینٌ ١٠٣
walaqad naʿlamu annahum yaqūlūna innamā yuʿallimuhu basharun lisānu alladhī yul'ḥidūna ilayhi aʿjamiyyun wahādhā lisānun ʿarabiyyun mubīnu