The Cow 2:214

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Arabic English Morphology
Or Prep
حَسِبْتُمْ ḥasib'tum
(do) you think V
أَن an
that Prep
you will enter V
Paradise Noun
وَلَمَّا walammā
while not Prep
(has) come to you V
مَّثَلُ mathalu
like (came to) Noun
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
passed away V
مِن min
from Prep
before you Noun
Touched them V
[the] adversity Noun
and [the] hardship Noun
and they were shaken V
حَتَّىٰ ḥattā
until Prep
يَقُولَ yaqūla
said V
the Messenger Noun
وَٱلَّذِينَ wa-alladhīna
and those who Noun
believed V
مَعَهُۥ maʿahu
with him Noun
مَتَىٰ matā
When Noun
نَصْرُ naṣru
[will] (the) help Noun
(of) Allah (come) Noun
Unquestionably Prep
إِنَّ inna
[Indeed] Prep
نَصْرَ naṣra
help Noun
(of) Allah Noun
قَرِيبٌ qarībun
(is) near Noun

Do you suppose that you will enter the Garden without first having suffered like those before you? They were afflicted by misfortune and hardship, and they were so shaken that even [their] messenger and the believers with him cried, ‘When will God’s help arrive?’ Truly, God’s help is near

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَمۡ حَسِبۡتُمۡ أَن تَدۡخُلُوا۟ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا یَأۡتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِینَ خَلَوۡا۟ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۖ مَّسَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَأۡسَاۤءُ وَٱلضَّرَّاۤءُ وَزُلۡزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصۡرُ ٱللَّهِۗ أَلَاۤ إِنَّ نَصۡرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِیبࣱ ۝٢١٤

am ḥasib'tum an tadkhulū l-janata walammā yatikum mathalu alladhīna khalaw min qablikum massathumu l-basāu wal-ḍarāu wazul'zilū ḥattā yaqūla l-rasūlu wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu matā naṣru l-lahi alā inna naṣra l-lahi qarību