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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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for we only do what our forefathers used to do

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Not	إِنْ (in)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
(is) this	إِنْ (hādhā)	ذ ل ك	Prep. Prep
but	هَٰذَآ (illā)	إ ل ا	Noun Noun
(the) custom	إِلَّا (khuluqu)	خ ل ق	Prep. Prep
(of) the former (people)	خُلُقُ (l-awalīna)	خ ل ق	Noun Noun
—	ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (أَوَّل)	أ و ل	Noun Noun

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Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

74:25 29%

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

in hādhā illā qawlu l-bashar

just the talk of a mortal!’

37:15 25%

وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

waqālū in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnu

saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’

74:24 25%

فَقَالَ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

faqāla in hādhā illā siḥ'run yu'thar

and said, ‘This is just old sorcery

38:7 15%

مَا سَمِعْنَا بِهَـٰذَا فِى ٱلْمِلَّةِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا ٱخْتِلَـٰقٌ

mā samiʿ'nā bihādhā fī l-milati l-ākhirati in hādhā illā ikh'tilāqu

We did not hear any such claim in the last religion: it is all an invention

23:83 13%

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا هَـٰذَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

laqad wuʿid'nā naḥnu waābāunā hādhā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīn

We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’

27:68 13%

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَـٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

laqad wuʿid'nā hādhā naḥnu waābāunā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīn

We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’