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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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How many generations We have destroyed before them! They all cried out, once it was too late, for escape

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
How many	كَمْ (kam)	ك م	Noun Noun
We destroyed	أَهْلَكْنَا (ahlaknā)	ه ل ك	Verb V
before them	مِن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
before them	قَبْلِهِم (qablihim)	ق ب ل	Noun Noun
of	مِّن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
a generation	قَرْنٍ (qarnin)	ق ر ن	Noun Noun
then they called out	فَنَادَوا۟ (fanādaw)	ن د ي	Verb V
when there (was) no longer	وَّلَاتَ (walāta)	ل و ت	Verb V
time	حِينَ (ḥīna)	ح ي ن	Noun Noun
(for) escape	مَنَاصٍ (manāṣin)	ن و ص	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Letter Sad
Verse: 38:3
Juz: 23
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 38
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

هلك (أَهْلَكَ)
قبل (قَبْل)
قرن (قَرْن)
ندي (نادَى)
لوت (لاتَ)
حين (حِين)
نوص (مَناص)

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32:26 17%

أَوَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَـٰكِنِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ ۖ أَفَلَا يَسْمَعُونَ

awalam yahdi lahum kam ahlaknā min qablihim mina l-qurūni yamshūna fī masākinihim inna fī dhālika laāyātin afalā yasmaʿūn

Is it not a lesson for them [to see] how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose homes they now walk? There truly are signs in this- do they not hear

6:6 15%

أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍ مَّكَّنَّـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَمْ نُمَكِّن لَّكُمْ وَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْهِم مِّدْرَارًا وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمْ فَأَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمْ وَأَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

alam yaraw kam ahlaknā min qablihim min qarnin makkannāhum fī l-arḍi mā lam numakkin lakum wa-arsalnā l-samāa ʿalayhim mid'rāran wajaʿalnā l-anhāra tajrī min taḥtihim fa-ahlaknāhum bidhunūbihim wa-anshanā min baʿdihim qarnan ākharīn

Do they not realize how many generations We destroyed before them? We established them in the earth more firmly than you, sent down abundant rain on them from the sky and made running rivers flow at their feet, yet We destroyed them for their misdeeds and raised other generations after them

Word Analysis — The Letter Sad 38:3

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis