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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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He said to his father and his people, ‘What are these images to which you are so devoted?’

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
When	إِذْ (idh)	ا ذ	Noun Noun
he said	قَالَ (qāla)	ق و ل	Verb V
to his father	لِأَبِيهِ (li-abīhi)	أ ب و	Noun Noun
and his people	وَقَوْمِهِۦ (waqawmihi)	ق و م	Noun Noun
What	مَا (mā)	م ا	Noun Noun
(are) these	هَٰذِهِ (hādhihi)	ذ ل ك	Noun Noun
[the] statues	ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ (l-tamāthīlu)	م ث ل	Noun Noun
which	ٱلَّتِىٓ (allatī)	ا ل ذ ي	Noun Noun
you	أَنتُمْ (antum)	—	Noun Noun
to it	لَهَا (lahā)	—	Noun Noun
(are) devoted	عَٰكِفُونَ (ʿākifūna)	ع ك ف	Noun Noun

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26:70 37%

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūn

when he asked his father and his people, ‘What do you worship?’

37:85 24%

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūn

He said to his father and his people, ‘What are you worshipping