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The Bee 16:38

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Arabic	English	Morphology
وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ wa-aqsamū	And they swear	V
بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi	by Allah	Noun
جَهْدَ jahda	strongest	Noun
أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ aymānihim	(of) their oaths	Noun
لَا lā	Allah will not resurrect	Prep
يَبْعَثُ yabʿathu	Allah will not resurrect	V
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu	Allah will not resurrect	Noun
مَن man	(one) who	Noun
يَمُوتُ yamūtu	dies	V
بَلَىٰ balā	Nay	Prep
وَعْدًا waʿdan	(it is) a promise	Noun
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi	upon Him	Prep
حَقًّا ḥaqqan	(in) truth	Noun
وَلَٰكِنَّ walākinna	but	Prep
أَكْثَرَ akthara	most	Noun
ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi	(of) the mankind	Noun
لَا lā	(do) not	Prep
يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna	know	V

They have sworn by God with their strongest oaths that He will not raise the dead to life. But He will- it is His binding promise, though most people do not realize it

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَأَقۡسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهۡدَ أَیۡمَـٰنِهِمۡ لَا یَبۡعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن یَمُوتُۚ بَلَىٰ وَعۡدًا عَلَیۡهِ حَقࣰّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٨

wa-aqsamū bil-lahi jahda aymānihim lā yabʿathu l-lahu man yamūtu balā waʿdan ʿalayhi ḥaqqan walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

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Surah: The Bee
Verse: 16:38
Juz: 14
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 70
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

قسم (أَقْسَمُ)
أله (اللَّه)
جهد (جَهْد)
يمن (يَمِين)
بعث (بَعَثَ)
موت (ماتَ)
وعد (وَعْد)
حقق (حَقّ)
كثر (أَكْثَر)
أنس (ناس)
علم (عَلِمَ)

Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

40:57 15%

لَخَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

lakhalqu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi akbaru min khalqi l-nāsi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

The creation of the heavens and earth is greater by far than the creation of mankind, though most people do not know it

30:6 15%

وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

waʿda l-lahi lā yukh'lifu l-lahu waʿdahu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

This is God’s promise: God never breaks His promise, but most people do not know

34:28 15%

وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةً لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

wamā arsalnāka illā kāffatan lilnnāsi bashīran wanadhīran walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

We have sent you [Prophet] only to bring good news and warning to all people, but most of them do not understand

34:36 15%

قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

qul inna rabbī yabsuṭu l-riz'qa liman yashāu wayaqdiru walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

Say [Prophet], ‘My Lord gives in abundance to whoever He will and sparingly to whoever He will, though most people do not understand

45:26 12%

قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يَجْمَعُكُمْ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

quli l-lahu yuḥ'yīkum thumma yumītukum thumma yajmaʿukum ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati lā rayba fīhi walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūn

[Prophet], say, ‘It is God who gives you life, then causes you to die, and then He gathers you all to the Day of Resurrection of which there is no doubt, though most people do not comprehend.’

The Bee — Verse 38

The Bee 16:38

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