وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِیَ إِلَّا حَیَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡیَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡیَا وَمَا یُهۡلِكُنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهۡرُۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَ ٰلِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا یَظُنُّونَ ۝٢٤
waqālū mā hiya illā ḥayātunā l-dun'yā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā yuh'likunā illā l-dahru wamā lahum bidhālika min ʿil'min in hum illā yaẓunnūn
Abdel Haleem: They say, ‘There is only our life in this world: we die, we live, nothing but time destroys us.’ They have no knowledge of this; they only follow guesswork. Their only argument

Interlinear Analysis

1
waqālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
2
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
3
هِىَ
hiya
Noun
4
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
5
ḥayātunā
حَياة
Root: ح ي ي
Noun
6
l-dun'yā
دُنْيا
Root: د ن و
Noun
7
namūtu
ماتَ
Root: م و ت
Verb
8
wanaḥyā
حَىَّ
Root: ح ي ي
Verb
9
wamā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
10
yuh'likunā
أَهْلَكَ
Root: ه ل ك
Verb
11
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
12
l-dahru
دَهْر
Root: د ه ر
Noun
13
wamā
ما
Root: م ا
Prep.
14
لَهُم
lahum
Noun
15
bidhālika
ذا
Root: ذ ل ك
Noun
16
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
17
ʿil'min
عِلْم
Root: ع ل م
Noun
18
in
إِن
Root: ا ن
Prep.
19
هُمْ
hum
Noun
20
illā
إِلّا
Root: إ ل ا
Prep.
21
yaẓunnūna
ظَنَّ
Root: ظ ن ن
Verb