قَالُوا۟ ٱدۡعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ یُبَیِّن لَّنَا مَا هِیَۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ یَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةࣱ لَّا فَارِضࣱ وَلَا بِكۡرٌ عَوَانُۢ بَیۡنَ ذَ ٰلِكَۖ فَٱفۡعَلُوا۟ مَا تُؤۡمَرُونَ ۝٦٨
qālū ud'ʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā hiya qāla innahu yaqūlu innahā baqaratun lā fāriḍun walā bik'run ʿawānun bayna dhālika fa-if'ʿalū mā tu'marūn
Abdel Haleem: They said, ‘Call on your Lord for us, to show us what sort of cow it should be.’ He answered, ‘God says it should be neither too old nor too young, but in between, so do as you are commanded.’

Interlinear Analysis

1
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
2
ud'ʿu
دَعا
Root: د ع و
Verb
3
لَنَا
lanā
Noun
4
rabbaka
رَبّ
Root: ر ب ب
Noun
5
yubayyin
بَيَّنُ
Root: ب ي ن
Verb
6
لَّنَا
lanā
Noun
7
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
8
هِىَ
hiya
Noun
9
qāla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
10
innahu
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
11
yaqūlu
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
12
innahā
إِنّ
Root: ا ن
Prep.
13
baqaratun
بَقَرَة
Root: ب ق ر
Noun
14
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
15
fāriḍun
فارِض
Root: ف ر ض
Noun
16
walā
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
17
bik'run
بِكْر
Root: ب ك ر
Noun
18
ʿawānun
عَوان
Root: ع و ن
Noun
19
bayna
بَيْن
Root: ب ي ن
Noun
20
dhālika
ذا
Root: ذ ل ك
Noun
21
fa-if'ʿalū
فَعَلَ
Root: ف ع ل
Verb
22
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
23
tu'marūna
أَمَرَ
Root: أ م ر
Verb