The Cave 18:64

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika
That Noun
مَا
(is) what Noun
كُنَّا kunnā
we were V
نَبْغِ nabghi
seeking V
فَٱرْتَدَّا fa-ir'taddā
So they returned V
on Prep
their footprints Noun
قَصَصًا qaṣaṣan
retracing Noun

Moses said, ‘Then that was the place we were looking for.’ So the two turned back, retraced their footsteps

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ ذَ ٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبۡغِۚ فَٱرۡتَدَّا عَلَىٰۤ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصࣰا ۝٦٤

qāla dhālika mā kunnā nabghi fa-ir'taddā ʿalā āthārihimā qaṣaṣa