Cattle, Livestock 6:156

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Arabic English Morphology
أَن an
Lest Prep
you say V
Only Prep
was revealed V
the Book Noun
عَلَىٰ ʿalā
on Prep
the two groups Noun
مِن min
from Prep
before us Noun
وَإِن wa-in
and indeed Prep
كُنَّا kunnā
we were V
عَن ʿan
about Prep
their study Noun
لَغَٰفِلِينَ laghāfilīna
certainly unaware Noun

lest you say, ‘Scriptures were only sent down to two communities before us: we were not aware of what they studied,’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَن تَقُولُوۤا۟ إِنَّمَاۤ أُنزِلَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَاۤىِٕفَتَیۡنِ مِن قَبۡلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمۡ لَغَـٰفِلِینَ ۝١٥٦

an taqūlū innamā unzila l-kitābu ʿalā ṭāifatayni min qablinā wa-in kunnā ʿan dirāsatihim laghāfilīn