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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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Why do their rabbis and scholars not forbid them to speak sinfully and consume what is unlawful? How evil their deeds are

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Why (do) not	لَوْلَا (lawlā)	ل و ل ا	Prep. Prep
forbid them	يَنْهَىٰهُمُ (yanhāhumu)	ن ه ي	Verb V
the Rabbis	ٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ (l-rabāniyūna)	ر ب ب	Noun Noun
and the religious scholars	وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ (wal-aḥbāru)	ح ب ر	Noun Noun
from	عَن (ʿan)	ع ن	Prep. Prep
their saying	قَوْلِهِمُ (qawlihimu)	ق و ل	Noun Noun
the sinful	ٱلْإِثْمَ (l-ith'ma)	أ ث م	Noun Noun
and their eating	وَأَكْلِهِمُ (wa-aklihimu)	أ ك ل	Noun Noun
(of) the forbidden	ٱلسُّحْتَ (l-suḥ'ta)	س ح ت	Noun Noun
Surely, evil	لَبِئْسَ (labi'sa)	ب أ س	Verb V
(is) what	مَا (mā)	م ا	Noun Noun
they used to	كَانُوا۟ (kānū)	ك و ن	Verb V
do	يَصْنَعُونَ (yaṣnaʿūna)	ص ن ع	Verb V

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5:62 25%

وَتَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِى ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

watarā kathīran min'hum yusāriʿūna fī l-ith'mi wal-ʿud'wāni wa-aklihimu l-suḥ'ta labi'sa mā kānū yaʿmalūn

You [Prophet] see many of them rushing into sin and hostility and consuming what is unlawful. How evil their practices are

5:79 14%

كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

kānū lā yatanāhawna ʿan munkarin faʿalūhu labi'sa mā kānū yafʿalūn

they did not forbid each other to do wrong. How vile their deeds were