Cattle, Livestock 6:76

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Arabic English Morphology
فَلَمَّا falammā
So when Noun
جَنَّ janna
covered V
عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi
over him Prep
ٱلَّيْلُ al-laylu
the night Noun
رَءَا raā
he saw V
a star Noun
قَالَ qāla
He said V
هَٰذَا hādhā
This Noun
رَبِّى rabbī
(is) my Lord Noun
But when Noun
أَفَلَ afala
it set V
قَالَ qāla
he said V
لَآ
Not Prep
أُحِبُّ uḥibbu
(do) I like V
the ones that set Noun

When the night grew dark over him he saw a star and said, ‘This is my Lord,’ but when it set, he said, ‘I do not like things that set.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَیۡهِ ٱلَّیۡلُ رَءَا كَوۡكَبࣰاۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّیۖ فَلَمَّاۤ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَاۤ أُحِبُّ ٱلۡءَافِلِینَ ۝٧٦

falammā janna ʿalayhi al-laylu raā kawkaban qāla hādhā rabbī falammā afala qāla lā uḥibbu l-āfilīn