ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلࣰا رَّجُلࣰا فِیهِ شُرَكَاۤءُ مُتَشَـٰكِسُونَ وَرَجُلࣰا سَلَمࣰا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلۡ یَسۡتَوِیَانِ مَثَلًاۚ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٢٩
ḍaraba l-lahu mathalan rajulan fīhi shurakāu mutashākisūna warajulan salaman lirajulin hal yastawiyāni mathalan l-ḥamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum lā yaʿlamūn
Abdel Haleem: God puts forward this illustration: can a man who has for his masters several partners at odds with each other be considered equal to a man devoted wholly to one master? All praise belongs to God, though most of them do not know

Interlinear Analysis

1
ḍaraba
ضَرَبَ
Root: ض ر ب
Verb
2
l-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
3
mathalan
مَثَل
Root: م ث ل
Noun
4
rajulan
رَجُل
Root: ر ج ل
Noun
5
fīhi
فِي
Root: ف ي
Prep.
6
shurakāu
شَرِيك
Root: ش ر ك
Noun
7
mutashākisūna
مُتَشاكِس
Root: ش ك س
Noun
8
warajulan
رَجُل
Root: ر ج ل
Noun
9
salaman
سَلَم
Root: س ل م
Noun
10
lirajulin
رَجُل
Root: ر ج ل
Noun
11
hal
هَل
Root: ه ل
Prep.
12
yastawiyāni
اسْتَوَى
Root: س و ي
Verb
13
mathalan
مَثَل
Root: م ث ل
Noun
14
l-ḥamdu
حَمْد
Root: ح م د
Noun
15
lillahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
16
bal
بَل
Root: ب ل
Prep.
17
aktharuhum
أَكْثَر
Root: ك ث ر
Noun
18
لا
Root: ل ا
Prep.
19
yaʿlamūna
عَلِمَ
Root: ع ل م
Verb