Word Analysis — The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:163
al-A`raf · Verse 163 of 206
Abdel Haleem Word Analysis
[Prophet], ask them about the town by the sea; how its people broke the Sabbath when their fish surfaced for them only on that day, never on weekdays- We tested them in this way: because of their disobedience
| Abdel Haleem | Arabic | Root / Link | Morphology |
|---|---|---|---|
| And ask them |
وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ
(wasalhum)
|
س أ ل |
Verb
V
|
| about |
عَنِ
(ʿani)
|
ع ن |
Prep.
Prep
|
| the town |
ٱلْقَرْيَةِ
(l-qaryati)
|
ق ر ي |
Noun
Noun
|
| which |
ٱلَّتِى
(allatī)
|
ا ل ذ ي |
Noun
Noun
|
| was |
كَانَتْ
(kānat)
|
ك و ن |
Verb
V
|
| situated |
حَاضِرَةَ
(ḥāḍirata)
|
ح ض ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| (by) the sea |
ٱلْبَحْرِ
(l-baḥri)
|
ب ح ر |
Noun
Noun
|
| when |
إِذْ
(idh)
|
ا ذ |
Noun
Noun
|
| they transgressed |
يَعْدُونَ
(yaʿdūna)
|
ع د و |
Verb
V
|
| in |
فِى
(fī)
|
ف ي |
Prep.
Prep
|
| the (matter of) Sabbath |
ٱلسَّبْتِ
(l-sabti)
|
س ب ت |
Noun
Noun
|
| when |
إِذْ
(idh)
|
ا ذ |
Noun
Noun
|
| came to them |
تَأْتِيهِمْ
(tatīhim)
|
أ ت ي |
Verb
V
|
| their fish |
حِيتَانُهُمْ
(ḥītānuhum)
|
ح و ت |
Noun
Noun
|
| (on the) day |
يَوْمَ
(yawma)
|
ي و م |
Noun
Noun
|
| (of) their Sabbath |
سَبْتِهِمْ
(sabtihim)
|
س ب ت |
Noun
Noun
|
| visibly |
شُرَّعًا
(shurraʿan)
|
ش ر ع |
Noun
Noun
|
| and (on the) day |
وَيَوْمَ
(wayawma)
|
ي و م |
Noun
Noun
|
| not |
لَا
(lā)
|
ل ا |
Prep.
Prep
|
| they had Sabbath |
يَسْبِتُونَ
(yasbitūna)
|
س ب ت |
Verb
V
|
| (they did) not |
لَا
(lā)
|
ل ا |
Prep.
Prep
|
| come to them |
تَأْتِيهِمْ
(tatīhim)
|
أ ت ي |
Verb
V
|
| Thus |
كَذَٰلِكَ
(kadhālika)
|
ذ ل ك |
Noun
Noun
|
| We test them |
نَبْلُوهُم
(nablūhum)
|
ب ل و |
Verb
V
|
| because |
بِمَا
(bimā)
|
م ا |
Noun
Noun
|
| they were |
كَانُوا۟
(kānū)
|
ك و ن |
Verb
V
|
| defiantly disobeying |
يَفْسُقُونَ
(yafsuqūna)
|
ف س ق |
Verb
V
|