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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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

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
(do) you worship	تَعْبُدُونَ (taʿbudūna)	ع ب د	Verb V

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37:85 43%

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

21:52 37%

إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ

idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā hādhihi l-tamāthīlu allatī antum lahā ʿākifūn

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