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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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Tell them, too, what the life of this world is like: We send water down from the skies and the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon the plants turn to dry stubble scattered about by the wind: God has power over everything

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And present	وَٱضْرِبْ (wa-iḍ'rib)	ض ر ب	Verb V
to them	لَهُم (lahum)	—	Noun Noun
the example	مَّثَلَ (mathala)	م ث ل	Noun Noun
(of) the life	ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ (l-ḥayati)	ح ي ي	Noun Noun
(of) the world	ٱلدُّنْيَا (l-dun'yā)	د ن و	Noun Noun
like water	كَمَآءٍ (kamāin)	م و ه	Noun Noun
which We send down	أَنزَلْنَٰهُ (anzalnāhu)	ن ز ل	Verb V
from	مِنَ (mina)	م ن	Prep. Prep
the sky	ٱلسَّمَآءِ (l-samāi)	س م و	Noun Noun
then mingles	فَٱخْتَلَطَ (fa-ikh'talaṭa)	خ ل ط	Verb V
with it	بِهِۦ (bihi)	—	Noun Noun
(the) vegetation	نَبَاتُ (nabātu)	ن ب ت	Noun Noun
(of) the earth	ٱلْأَرْضِ (l-arḍi)	أ ر ض	Noun Noun
then becomes	فَأَصْبَحَ (fa-aṣbaḥa)	ص ب ح	Verb V
dry stalks	هَشِيمًا (hashīman)	ه ش م	Noun Noun
it (is) scattered	تَذْرُوهُ (tadhrūhu)	ذ ر و	Verb V
(by) the winds	ٱلرِّيَٰحُ (l-riyāḥu)	ر و ح	Noun Noun
And Allah	وَكَانَ (wakāna)	ك و ن	Verb V
And Allah	ٱللَّهُ (l-lahu)	أ ل ه	Noun Noun
over	عَلَىٰ (ʿalā)	ع ل ي	Prep. Prep
every	كُلِّ (kulli)	ك ل ل	Noun Noun
thing	شَىْءٍ (shayin)	ش ي أ	Noun Noun
(is) All Able	مُّقْتَدِرًا (muq'tadiran)	ق د ر	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Cave
Verse: 18:45
Juz: 15-16
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 69
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

ضرب (ضَرَبَ)
مثل (مَثَل)
حيي (حَياة)
دنو (دُنْيا)
موه (ماء)
نزل (أَنزَلَ)
سمو (سَماء)
خلط (اخْتَلَطَ)
نبت (نَبات)
أرض (أَرْض)
صبح (أَصْبَحَ)
هشم (هَشِيم)
ذرو (تَذْرُو)
روح (رِيح)
كون (كانَ)
أله (اللَّه)
كلل (كُلّ)
شيأ (شَىْء)
قدر (مُقْتَدِر)

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10:24 20%

إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَـٰدِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَىٰهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ

innamā mathalu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamāin anzalnāhu mina l-samāi fa-ikh'talaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi mimmā yakulu l-nāsu wal-anʿāmu ḥattā idhā akhadhati l-arḍu zukh'rufahā wa-izzayyanat waẓanna ahluhā annahum qādirūna ʿalayhā atāhā amrunā laylan aw nahāran fajaʿalnāhā ḥaṣīdan ka-an lam taghna bil-amsi kadhālika nufaṣṣilu l-āyāti liqawmin yatafakkarūn

The life of this world is like this: rain that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth, from which humans and animals eat. But when the earth has taken on its finest appearance, and adorns itself, and its people think they have power over it, then the fate We commanded comes to it, by night or by day, and We reduce it to stubble, as if it had not flourished just the day before. This is the way We explain the revelations for those who reflect

4:85 13%

مَّن يَشْفَعْ شَفَـٰعَةً حَسَنَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ نَصِيبٌ مِّنْهَا ۖ وَمَن يَشْفَعْ شَفَـٰعَةً سَيِّئَةً يَكُن لَّهُۥ كِفْلٌ مِّنْهَا ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقِيتًا

man yashfaʿ shafāʿatan ḥasanatan yakun lahu naṣībun min'hā waman yashfaʿ shafāʿatan sayyi-atan yakun lahu kif'lun min'hā wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin muqīta

Whoever speaks for a good cause will share in its benefits and whoever speaks for a bad cause will share in its burden: God controls everything

33:27 12%

وَأَوْرَثَكُمْ أَرْضَهُمْ وَدِيَـٰرَهُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلَهُمْ وَأَرْضًا لَّمْ تَطَـُٔوهَا ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرًا

wa-awrathakum arḍahum wadiyārahum wa-amwālahum wa-arḍan lam taṭaūhā wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīra

He passed on to you their land, their houses, their possessions, and a land where you had not set foot: God has power over everything

48:21 12%

وَأُخْرَىٰ لَمْ تَقْدِرُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا قَدْ أَحَاطَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرًا

wa-ukh'rā lam taqdirū ʿalayhā qad aḥāṭa l-lahu bihā wakāna l-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīra

There are many other gains [to come], over which you have no power. God has full control over them: God has power over all things

Word Analysis — The Cave 18:45

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis