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Or do they say, ‘He has devised it’? Say, ‘Then produce a sura like it, and call on anyone you can beside God if you are telling the truth.’

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Or	أَمْ (am)	ا م	Prep. Prep
(do) they say	يَقُولُونَ (yaqūlūna)	ق و ل	Verb V
He has invented it	ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ (if'tarāhu)	ف ر ي	Verb V
Say	قُلْ (qul)	ق و ل	Verb V
Then bring	فَأْتُوا۟ (fatū)	أ ت ي	Verb V
a Surah	بِسُورَةٍ (bisūratin)	س و ر	Noun Noun
like it	مِّثْلِهِۦ (mith'lihi)	م ث ل	Noun Noun
and call	وَٱدْعُوا۟ (wa-id'ʿū)	د ع و	Verb V
whoever	مَنِ (mani)	م ن	Noun Noun
you can	ٱسْتَطَعْتُم (is'taṭaʿtum)	ط و ع	Verb V
besides Allah	مِّن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
besides Allah	دُونِ (dūni)	د و ن	Noun Noun
besides Allah	ٱللَّهِ (l-lahi)	أ ل ه	Noun Noun
if	إِن (in)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
you are	كُنتُمْ (kuntum)	ك و ن	Verb V
truthful	صَٰدِقِينَ (ṣādiqīna)	ص د ق	Noun Noun

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Surah: Jonah
Verse: 10:38
Juz: 11
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 51
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

قول (قالَ)
فري (افْتَرَى)
أتي (أَتَى)
سور (سُورَة)
مثل (مِثْل)
دعو (دَعا)
طوع (اسْتَطاعَ)
دون (دُون)
أله (اللَّه)
كون (كانَ)
صدق (صادِق)

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11:13 65%

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِعَشْرِ سُوَرٍ مِّثْلِهِۦ مُفْتَرَيَـٰتٍ وَٱدْعُوا۟ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul fatū biʿashri suwarin mith'lihi muf'tarayātin wa-id'ʿū mani is'taṭaʿtum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīn

If they say, ‘He has invented it himself,’ say, ‘Then produce ten invented suras like it, and call in whoever you can beside God, if you are truthful.’

2:23 21%

وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا۟ بِسُورَةٍ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

wa-in kuntum fī raybin mimmā nazzalnā ʿalā ʿabdinā fatū bisūratin min mith'lihi wa-id'ʿū shuhadāakum min dūni l-lahi in kuntum ṣādiqīn

If you have doubts about the revelation We have sent down to Our servant, then produce a single sura like it- enlist whatever supporters you have other than God- if you truly [think you can]

11:35 17%

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۖ قُلْ إِنِ ٱفْتَرَيْتُهُۥ فَعَلَىَّ إِجْرَامِى وَأَنَا۠ بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُجْرِمُونَ

am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu qul ini if'taraytuhu faʿalayya ij'rāmī wa-anā barīon mimmā tuj'rimūn

If [these disbelievers] say, ‘He has made this up,’ say [Muhammad], ‘If I have made this up, I am responsible for my own crime, but I am innocent of the crimes you commit.’

7:194 12%

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ عِبَادٌ أَمْثَالُكُمْ ۖ فَٱدْعُوهُمْ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟ لَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

inna alladhīna tadʿūna min dūni l-lahi ʿibādun amthālukum fa-id'ʿūhum falyastajībū lakum in kuntum ṣādiqīn

Those you [idolaters] call upon instead of God are created beings like you. Call upon them, then, and let them respond to you if what you say is true

Word Analysis — Jonah 10:38

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis