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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And was	فَكَانَ (fakāna)	ك و ن	Verb V
(at) a distance	قَابَ (qāba)	ق و ب	Noun Noun
(of) two bow-(lengths)	قَوْسَيْنِ (qawsayni)	ق و س	Noun Noun
or	أَوْ (aw)	ا و	Prep. Prep
nearer	أَدْنَىٰ (adnā)	د ن و	Noun Noun

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