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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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this is only a warning for all people

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Not	إِنْ (in)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
it (is)	هُوَ (huwa)	—	Noun Noun
except	إِلَّا (illā)	إ ل ا	Prep. Prep
a Reminder	ذِكْرٌ (dhik'run)	ذ ك ر	Noun Noun
to the worlds	لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ (lil'ʿālamīna)	ع ل م	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Letter Sad
Verse: 38:87
Juz: 23
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 38
Translations: 64
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ذكر (ذِكْر)
علم (عالَم)

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81:27 100%

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

In huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

This is a message for all people

68:52 62%

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

wamā huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīn

but truly it is nothing other than a Reminder for all peoples

12:104 41%

وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

wamā tasaluhum ʿalayhi min ajrin in huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīn

You ask no reward from them for this: it is a reminder for all peopl

53:4 29%

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ

in huwa illā waḥyun yūḥ

The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him

36:69 22%

وَمَا عَلَّمْنَـٰهُ ٱلشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْءَانٌ مُّبِينٌ

wamā ʿallamnāhu l-shiʿ'ra wamā yanbaghī lahu in huwa illā dhik'run waqur'ānun mubīnu

We have not taught the Prophet poetry, nor could he everhave been a poet

23:25 15%

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

in huwa illā rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabbaṣū bihi ḥattā ḥīni

He is just a madman, so let’s wait and see what happens to him.’

43:59 15%

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīl

but he is only a servant We favoured and made an example for the Children of Israel

23:38 13%

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُۥ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

in huwa illā rajulun if'tarā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban wamā naḥnu lahu bimu'minīn

He is just a man making lies up about God. We will never believe in him.’

Word Analysis — The Letter Sad 38:87

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis