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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Certainly	لَقَدْ (laqad)	ق د	Prep. Prep
we have been promised	وُعِدْنَا (wuʿid'nā)	و ع د	Verb V
this	هَٰذَا (hādhā)	ذ ل ك	Noun Noun
we	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)	—	Noun Noun
and our forefathers	وَءَابَآؤُنَا (waābāunā)	أ ب و	Noun Noun
before	مِن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
before	قَبْلُ (qablu)	ق ب ل	Noun Noun
Not	إِنْ (in)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
(is) this	هَٰذَآ (hādhā)	ذ ل ك	Noun Noun
except	إِلَّآ (illā)	إ ل ا	Prep. Prep
tales	أَسَٰطِيرُ (asāṭīru)	س ط ر	Noun Noun
(of) the former (people)	ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (l-awalīna)	أ و ل	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Ant, The Ants
Verse: 27:68
Juz: 19-20
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 48
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

وعد (وَعَدَ)
أبو (آباء)
قبل (قَبْل)
سطر (أَساطِير)
أول (أَوَّل)

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

23:83 49%

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.’

8:31 17%

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالُوا۟ قَدْ سَمِعْنَا لَوْ نَشَآءُ لَقُلْنَا مِثْلَ هَـٰذَآ ۙ إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā qālū qad samiʿ'nā law nashāu laqul'nā mith'la hādhā in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīn

Whenever Our Revelation is recited to them they say, ‘We have heard all this before- we could say something like this if we wanted- this is nothing but ancient fables.’

26:137 13%

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

in hādhā illā khuluqu l-awalīn

for we only do what our forefathers used to do

74:25 13%

إِنْ هَـٰذَآ إِلَّا قَوْلُ ٱلْبَشَرِ

in hādhā illā qawlu l-bashar

just the talk of a mortal!’

Word Analysis — The Ant, The Ants 27:68

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis