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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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If you [believers] have to respond to an attack, make your response proportionate, but it is best to stand fast

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And if	وَإِنْ (wa-in)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
you retaliate	عَاقَبْتُمْ (ʿāqabtum)	ع ق ب	Verb V
then retaliate	فَعَاقِبُوا۟ (faʿāqibū)	ع ق ب	Verb V
with the like	بِمِثْلِ (bimith'li)	م ث ل	Noun Noun
of what	مَا (mā)	م ا	Noun Noun
you were afflicted	عُوقِبْتُم (ʿūqib'tum)	ع ق ب	Verb V
with [it]	بِهِۦ (bihi)	—	Noun Noun
But if	وَلَئِن (wala-in)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
you are patient	صَبَرْتُمْ (ṣabartum)	ص ب ر	Verb V
surely (it) is	لَهُوَ (lahuwa)	—	Noun Noun
better	خَيْرٌ (khayrun)	خ ي ر	Noun Noun
for those who are patient	لِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ (lilṣṣābirīna)	ص ب ر	Noun Noun

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