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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
They had been	كَانُوا۟ (kānū)	ك و ن	Verb V
not	لَا (lā)	ل ا	Prep. Prep
forbidding each other	يَتَنَاهَوْنَ (yatanāhawna)	ن ه ي	Verb V
from	عَن (ʿan)	ع ن	Prep. Prep
wrongdoing	مُّنكَرٍ (munkarin)	ن ك ر	Noun Noun
they did [it]	فَعَلُوهُ (faʿalūhu)	ف ع ل	Verb V
Surely, evil	لَبِئْسَ (labi'sa)	ب أ س	Verb V
(was) what	مَا (mā)	م ا	Noun Noun
they were	كَانُوا۟ (kānū)	ك و ن	Verb V
doing	يَفْعَلُونَ (yafʿalūna)	ف ع ل	Verb V

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5:62 14%

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

5:63 14%

لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

lawlā yanhāhumu l-rabāniyūna wal-aḥbāru ʿan qawlihimu l-ith'ma wa-aklihimu l-suḥ'ta labi'sa mā kānū yaṣnaʿūn

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

83:36 13%

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ ٱلْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Hal thuwwiba alkuffaru ma kanoo yafAAaloona

Have the disbelievers [not] been repaid for their deeds