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Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Almost	يَكَادُ (yakādu)	ك و د	Verb V
the lightning	ٱلْبَرْقُ (l-barqu)	ب ر ق	Noun Noun
snatches away	يَخْطَفُ (yakhṭafu)	خ ط ف	Verb V
their sight	أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ (abṣārahum)	ب ص ر	Noun Noun
Whenever	كُلَّمَآ (kullamā)	ك ل ل	Noun Noun
it flashes	أَضَآءَ (aḍāa)	ض و أ	Verb V
for them	لَهُم (lahum)	—	Noun Noun
they walk	مَّشَوْا۟ (mashaw)	م ش ي	Verb V
in it	فِيهِ (fīhi)	ف ي	Prep. Prep
and when	وَإِذَآ (wa-idhā)	إ ذ ا	Noun Noun
it darkens	أَظْلَمَ (aẓlama)	ظ ل م	Verb V
on them	عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim)	ع ل ي	Prep. Prep
they stand (still)	قَامُوا۟ (qāmū)	ق و م	Verb V
And if	وَلَوْ (walaw)	ل و	Prep. Prep
had willed	شَآءَ (shāa)	ش ي أ	Verb V
Allah	ٱللَّهُ (l-lahu)	أ ل ه	Noun Noun
He would certainly have taken away	لَذَهَبَ (ladhahaba)	ذ ه ب	Verb V
their hearing	بِسَمْعِهِمْ (bisamʿihim)	س م ع	Noun Noun
and their sight	وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ (wa-abṣārihim)	ب ص ر	Noun Noun
Indeed	إِنَّ (inna)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
Allah	ٱللَّهَ (l-laha)	أ ل ه	Noun Noun
(is) on	عَلَىٰ (ʿalā)	ع ل ي	Prep. Prep
every	كُلِّ (kulli)	ك ل ل	Noun Noun
thing	شَىْءٍ (shayin)	ش ي أ	Noun Noun
All-Powerful	قَدِيرٌ (qadīrun)	ق د ر	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Cow
Verse: 2:20
Juz: 1-3
Revelation: Medinan
Revelation Order: 87
Translations: 66
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Root Words in This Verse

كود (كادَ)
برق (بَرْق)
خطف (خَطِفَ)
بصر (بَصَر)
كلل (كُلَّما)
ضوأ (أَضاءَ)
مشي (مَشَ)
ظلم (أَظْلَمَ)
قوم (قامَ)
شيأ (شاءَ)
أله (اللَّه)
ذهب (ذَهَبَ)
سمع (سَمْع)
قدر (قَدِير)

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16:77 15%

وَلِلَّهِ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَآ أَمْرُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ إِلَّا كَلَمْحِ ٱلْبَصَرِ أَوْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

walillahi ghaybu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā amru l-sāʿati illā kalamḥi l-baṣari aw huwa aqrabu inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīru

All that is hidden from view in the heavens and earth belongs to God. The coming of the Hour of Judgement is like the blink of an eye, or even quicker: God has power over everything

29:20 15%

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ بَدَأَ ٱلْخَلْقَ ۚ ثُمَّ ٱللَّهُ يُنشِئُ ٱلنَّشْأَةَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

qul sīrū fī l-arḍi fa-unẓurū kayfa bada-a l-khalqa thumma l-lahu yunshi-u l-nashata l-ākhirata inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīru

Say, ‘Travel throughout the earth and see how He brings life into being: and He will bring the next life into being. God has power over all things

2:148 15%

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

walikullin wij'hatun huwa muwallīhā fa-is'tabiqū l-khayrāti ayna mā takūnū yati bikumu l-lahu jamīʿan inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīru

Each community has its own direction to which it turns: race to do good deeds and wherever you are, God will bring you together. God has power to do everything

35:1 14%

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُو۟لِىٓ أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۚ يَزِيدُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

al-ḥamdu lillahi fāṭiri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi jāʿili l-malāikati rusulan ulī ajniḥatin mathnā wathulātha warubāʿa yazīdu fī l-khalqi mā yashāu inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīru

Praise be to God, Creator of the heavens and earth, who made angels messengers with two, three, four [pairs of] wings. He adds to creation as He will: God has power over everything

24:45 13%

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍ مِّن مَّآءٍ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰٓ أَرْبَعٍ ۚ يَخْلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

wal-lahu khalaqa kulla dābbatin min māin famin'hum man yamshī ʿalā baṭnihi wamin'hum man yamshī ʿalā rij'layni wamin'hum man yamshī ʿalā arbaʿin yakhluqu l-lahu mā yashāu inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīru

and God created each animal out of [its own] fluid: some of them crawl on their bellies, some walk on two legs, and some on four. God creates whatever He will; God has power over everything

2:106 12%

۞ مَا نَنسَخْ مِنْ ءَايَةٍ أَوْ نُنسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِّنْهَآ أَوْ مِثْلِهَآ ۗ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

mā nansakh min āyatin aw nunsihā nati bikhayrin min'hā aw mith'lihā alam taʿlam anna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīru

Any revelation We cause to be superseded or forgotten, We replace with something better or similar. Do you [Prophet] not know that God has power over everything

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