وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلۡحَیَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡیَا كَمَاۤءٍ أَنزَلۡنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ فَٱخۡتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَأَصۡبَحَ هَشِیمࣰا تَذۡرُوهُ ٱلرِّیَـٰحُۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَیۡءࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرًا ۝٤٥
wa-iḍ'rib lahum mathala l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamāin anzalnāhu mina l-samāi fa-ikh'talaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi fa-aṣbaḥa hashīman tadhrūhu l-riyāḥu wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin muq'tadira
Abdel Haleem: Tell them, too, what the life of this world is like: We send water down from the skies and the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon the plants turn to dry stubble scattered about by the wind: God has power over everything

Interlinear Analysis

1
wa-iḍ'rib
ضَرَبَ
Root: ض ر ب
Verb
2
لَهُم
lahum
Noun
3
mathala
مَثَل
Root: م ث ل
Noun
4
l-ḥayati
حَياة
Root: ح ي ي
Noun
5
l-dun'yā
دُنْيا
Root: د ن و
Noun
6
kamāin
ماء
Root: م و ه
Noun
7
anzalnāhu
أَنزَلَ
Root: ن ز ل
Verb
8
mina
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
9
l-samāi
سَماء
Root: س م و
Noun
10
fa-ikh'talaṭa
اخْتَلَطَ
Root: خ ل ط
Verb
11
بِهِۦ
bihi
Noun
12
nabātu
نَبات
Root: ن ب ت
Noun
13
l-arḍi
أَرْض
Root: أ ر ض
Noun
14
fa-aṣbaḥa
أَصْبَحَ
Root: ص ب ح
Verb
15
hashīman
هَشِيم
Root: ه ش م
Noun
16
tadhrūhu
تَذْرُو
Root: ذ ر و
Verb
17
l-riyāḥu
رِيح
Root: ر و ح
Noun
18
wakāna
كانَ
Root: ك و ن
Verb
19
l-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
20
ʿalā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
21
kulli
كُلّ
Root: ك ل ل
Noun
22
shayin
شَىْء
Root: ش ي أ
Noun
23
muq'tadiran
مُقْتَدِر
Root: ق د ر
Noun