The Cave 18:81

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Arabic English Morphology
So we intended V
أَن an
that Prep
would change for them V
their Lord Noun
خَيْرًا khayran
a better Noun
than him Prep
(in) purity Noun
and nearer Noun
رُحْمًا ruḥ'man
(in) affection Noun

we wished that their Lord should give them another child- purer and more compassionate- in his place

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَأَرَدۡنَاۤ أَن یُبۡدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهُ زَكَوٰةࣰ وَأَقۡرَبَ رُحۡمࣰا ۝٨١

fa-aradnā an yub'dilahumā rabbuhumā khayran min'hu zakatan wa-aqraba ruḥ'ma