The Cow 2:70

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Arabic English Morphology
They said V
ٱدْعُ ud'ʿu
Pray V
لَنَا lanā
for us Noun
رَبَّكَ rabbaka
(to) your Lord Noun
يُبَيِّن yubayyin
to make clear V
لَّنَا lanā
to us Noun
مَا
what Noun
هِىَ hiya
it (is) Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
[the] cows Noun
تَشَٰبَهَ tashābaha
look alike V
عَلَيْنَا ʿalaynā
to us Prep
And indeed we Prep
إِن in
if Prep
شَآءَ shāa
wills V
Allah Noun
(will) surely be those who are guided Noun

They said, ‘Call on your Lord for us, to show us [exactly] what it is: all cows are more or less alike to us. With God’s will, we shall be guided.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالُوا۟ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ یُبَیِّن لَّنَا مَا هِیَ إِنَّ ٱلۡبَقَرَ تَشَـٰبَهَ عَلَیۡنَا وَإِنَّاۤ إِن شَاۤءَ ٱللَّهُ لَمُهۡتَدُونَ ۝٧٠

qālū ud'ʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā hiya inna l-baqara tashābaha ʿalaynā wa-innā in shāa l-lahu lamuh'tadūn