Word Analysis — The Wind-curved Sandhills, The Dunes, The Sandhills 46:26
al-Ahqaf · Verse 26 of 35
Abdel Haleem Word Analysis
We had established them in a way we have not established you [people of Mecca]; We gave them hearing, sight, and hearts, yet their hearing, sight, and hearts were of no use to them, since they denied God’s revelations. They were overwhelmed by the punishment they had mocked
| Abdel Haleem | Arabic | Root / Link | Morphology |
|---|---|---|---|
| And certainly |
وَلَقَدْ
(walaqad)
|
ق د |
Prep.
Prep
|
| We had established them |
مَكَّنَّٰهُمْ
(makkannāhum)
|
م ك ن |
Verb
V
|
| in what |
فِيمَآ
(fīmā)
|
ف ي |
Prep.
Prep
|
| not |
إِن
(in)
|
ا ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| We have established you |
مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْ
(makkannākum)
|
م ك ن |
Verb
V
|
| in it |
فِيهِ
(fīhi)
|
ف ي |
Prep.
Prep
|
| and We made |
وَجَعَلْنَا
(wajaʿalnā)
|
ج ع ل |
Verb
V
|
| for them |
لَهُمْ
(lahum)
|
— |
Noun
Noun
|
| hearing |
سَمْعًا
(samʿan)
|
س م ع |
Noun
Noun
|
| and vision |
وَأَبْصَٰرًا
(wa-abṣāran)
|
ب ص ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| and hearts |
وَأَفْـِٔدَةً
(wa-afidatan)
|
ف أ د |
Noun
Noun
|
| But not |
فَمَآ
(famā)
|
م ا |
Prep.
Prep
|
| availed |
أَغْنَىٰ
(aghnā)
|
غ ن ي |
Verb
V
|
| them |
عَنْهُمْ
(ʿanhum)
|
ع ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| their hearing |
سَمْعُهُمْ
(samʿuhum)
|
س م ع |
Noun
Noun
|
| and not |
وَلَآ
(walā)
|
ل ا |
Prep.
Prep
|
| their vision |
أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ
(abṣāruhum)
|
ب ص ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| and not |
وَلَآ
(walā)
|
ل ا |
Prep.
Prep
|
| their hearts |
أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم
(afidatuhum)
|
ف أ د |
Noun
Noun
|
| any |
مِّن
(min)
|
م ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| thing |
شَىْءٍ
(shayin)
|
ش ي أ |
Noun
Noun
|
| when |
إِذْ
(idh)
|
ا ذ |
Noun
Noun
|
| they were |
كَانُوا۟
(kānū)
|
ك و ن |
Verb
V
|
| rejecting |
يَجْحَدُونَ
(yajḥadūna)
|
ج ح د |
Verb
V
|
| (the) Signs |
بِـَٔايَٰتِ
(biāyāti)
|
أ ي ي |
Noun
Noun
|
| (of) Allah |
ٱللَّهِ
(l-lahi)
|
أ ل ه |
Noun
Noun
|
| and enveloped |
وَحَاقَ
(waḥāqa)
|
ح ي ق |
Verb
V
|
| them |
بِهِم
(bihim)
|
— |
Noun
Noun
|
| what |
مَّا
(mā)
|
م ا |
Noun
Noun
|
| they used to |
كَانُوا۟
(kānū)
|
ك و ن |
Verb
V
|
| [at it] |
بِهِۦ
(bihi)
|
— |
Noun
Noun
|
| ridicule |
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
(yastahziūna)
|
ه ز أ |
Verb
V
|