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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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They said, ‘Alas for us! We have done terrible wrong

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
They said	قَالُوا۟ (qālū)	ق و ل	Verb V
O woe to us	يَٰوَيْلَنَآ (yāwaylanā)	و ي ل	Noun Noun
Indeed, we	إِنَّا (innā)	ا ن	Prep. Prep
[we] were	كُنَّا (kunnā)	ك و ن	Verb V
transgressors	طَٰغِينَ (ṭāghīna)	ط غ ي	Noun Noun

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21:14 62%

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn

They said, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’

21:46 14%

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

wala-in massathum nafḥatun min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīn

yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’