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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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Remember when Moses prayed for water for his people and We said to him, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’ Twelve springs gushed out, and each group knew its drinking place. ‘Eat and drink the sustenance God has provided and do not cause corruption in the land.’

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And when	وَإِذِ (wa-idhi)	ا ذ	Noun Noun
asked (for) water	ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ (is'tasqā)	س ق ي	Verb V
Musa	مُوسَىٰ (mūsā)	م و س ى	Noun Noun
for his people	لِقَوْمِهِۦ (liqawmihi)	ق و م	Noun Noun
[so] We said	فَقُلْنَا (faqul'nā)	ق و ل	Verb V
Strike	ٱضْرِب (iḍ'rib)	ض ر ب	Verb V
with your staff	بِّعَصَاكَ (biʿaṣāka)	ع ص و	Noun Noun
the stone	ٱلْحَجَرَ (l-ḥajara)	ح ج ر	Noun Noun
Then gushed forth	فَٱنفَجَرَتْ (fa-infajarat)	ف ج ر	Verb V
from it	مِنْهُ (min'hu)	م ن	Prep. Prep
(of)	ٱثْنَتَا (ith'natā)	ث ن ي	Noun Noun
twelve	عَشْرَةَ (ʿashrata)	ع ش ر	Noun Noun
springs	عَيْنًا (ʿaynan)	ع ي ن	Noun Noun
Indeed	قَدْ (qad)	ق د	Prep. Prep
knew	عَلِمَ (ʿalima)	ع ل م	Verb V
all	كُلُّ (kullu)	ك ل ل	Noun Noun
(the) people	أُنَاسٍ (unāsin)	أ ن س	Noun Noun
their drinking place	مَّشْرَبَهُمْ (mashrabahum)	ش ر ب	Noun Noun
Eat	كُلُوا۟ (kulū)	أ ك ل	Verb V
and drink	وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ (wa-ish'rabū)	ش ر ب	Verb V
from	مِن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
(the) provision (of)	رِّزْقِ (riz'qi)	ر ز ق	Noun Noun
Allah	ٱللَّهِ (l-lahi)	أ ل ه	Noun Noun
and (do) not	وَلَا (walā)	ل ا	Prep. Prep
act wickedly	تَعْثَوْا۟ (taʿthaw)	ع ث و	Verb V
in	فِى (fī)	ف ي	Prep. Prep
the earth	ٱلْأَرْضِ (l-arḍi)	أ ر ض	Noun Noun
spreading corruption	مُفْسِدِينَ (muf'sidīna)	ف س د	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Cow
Verse: 2:60
Juz: 1-3
Revelation: Medinan
Revelation Order: 87
Translations: 65
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Root Words in This Verse

سقي (اسْتَسْقَى)
قوم (قَوْم)
قول (قالَ)
ضرب (ضَرَبَ)
عصو (عَصا)
حجر (حَجَر)
فجر (انفَجَرَتْ)
ثني (اثْنَتَيْن)
عشر (عَشْرَة)
عين (عَيْن)
علم (عَلِمَ)
كلل (كُلّ)
أنس (إِنسان)
شرب (مَشْرَب)
أكل (أَكَلَ)
رزق (رِزْق)
أله (اللَّه)
عثو (تَعْثَ)
أرض (أَرْض)
فسد (مُفْسِد)

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وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمُ ٱثْنَتَىْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا ۚ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰهُ قَوْمُهُۥٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنۢبَجَسَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۚ وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْغَمَـٰمَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَـٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَـٰكُمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

waqaṭṭaʿnāhumu ith'natay ʿashrata asbāṭan umaman wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā idhi is'tasqāhu qawmuhu ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-ḥajara fa-inbajasat min'hu ith'natā ʿashrata ʿaynan qad ʿalima kullu unāsin mashrabahum waẓallalnā ʿalayhimu l-ghamāma wa-anzalnā ʿalayhimu l-mana wal-salwā kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum wamā ẓalamūnā walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūn

We divided them into twelve tribes [as distinct] communities, and, when his people asked him for water, inspired Moses to strike the rock with his staff [so that] twelve springs gushed out. Each tribe knew its own drinking place; We gave them the shade of clouds and sent down to them manna and quails [saying], ‘Eat the good things We have provided for you.’ They did not wrong Us; it was themselves they wronged

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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis