قَالَ یَـٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّیِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ ۝٤٦
qāla yāqawmi lima tastaʿjilūna bil-sayi-ati qabla l-ḥasanati lawlā tastaghfirūna l-laha laʿallakum tur'ḥamūn
Abdel Haleem: Salih said, ‘My people, why do you rush to bring [forward] what is bad rather than good? Why do you not ask forgiveness of God, so that you may be given mercy?’

Interlinear Analysis

1
qāla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
2
yāqawmi
قَوْم
Root: ق و م
Noun
3
lima
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
4
tastaʿjilūna
اسْتَعْجَلَ
Root: ع ج ل
Verb
5
bil-sayi-ati
سَيِّئَة
Root: س و أ
Noun
6
qabla
قَبْل
Root: ق ب ل
Noun
7
l-ḥasanati
حَسَنَة
Root: ح س ن
Noun
8
lawlā
لَوْلا
Root: ل و ل ا
Prep.
9
tastaghfirūna
اسْتَغْفَرَ
Root: غ ف ر
Verb
10
l-laha
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
11
laʿallakum
لَعَلّ
Root: ل ع ل
Prep.
12
tur'ḥamūna
رَحِمَ
Root: ر ح م
Verb