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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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We have destroyed even mightier generations before these disbelievers, who travelled through [many] lands- was there any escape

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And how many	وَكَمْ (wakam)	ك م	Noun Noun
We destroyed	أَهْلَكْنَا (ahlaknā)	ه ل ك	Verb V
before them	قَبْلَهُم (qablahum)	ق ب ل	Noun Noun
of	مِّن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
a generation	قَرْنٍ (qarnin)	ق ر ن	Noun Noun
they	هُمْ (hum)	—	Noun Noun
(were) stronger	أَشَدُّ (ashaddu)	ش د د	Noun Noun
than them	مِنْهُم (min'hum)	م ن	Prep. Prep
(in) power	بَطْشًا (baṭshan)	ب ط ش	Noun Noun
so they explored	فَنَقَّبُوا۟ (fanaqqabū)	ن ق ب	Verb V
throughout	فِى (fī)	ف ي	Prep. Prep
the lands	ٱلْبِلَٰدِ (l-bilādi)	ب ل د	Noun Noun
Is (there)	هَلْ (hal)	ه ل	Prep. Prep
any	مِن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
place of escape	مَّحِيصٍ (maḥīṣin)	ح ي ص	Noun Noun

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Verses with similar phrasing (mutashabihat al-alfaz). Shared words are highlighted.

19:74 31%

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَـٰثًا وَرِءْيًا

wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hum aḥsanu athāthan wari'ya

We have destroyed many a generation before them who surpassed them in riches and outward glitter

19:98 17%

وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْهُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ أَوْ تَسْمَعُ لَهُمْ رِكْزًۢا

wakam ahlaknā qablahum min qarnin hal tuḥissu min'hum min aḥadin aw tasmaʿu lahum rik'za

How many generations We have destroyed before them! Do you perceive a single one of them now, or hear as much as a whisper