Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

yet if you were to question them, they would be sure to say, ‘We were just chatting, just amusing ourselves.’ Say, ‘Were you making jokes about God, His Revelations, and His Mes-senger
Abdel Haleem Arabic Root / Link Morphology
And if
وَلَئِن (wala-in)
ا ن
Prep.
Prep
you ask them
سَأَلْتَهُمْ (sa-altahum)
س أ ل
Verb
V
surely they will say
لَيَقُولُنَّ (layaqūlunna)
ق و ل
Verb
V
Only
إِنَّمَا (innamā)
ا ن
Prep.
Prep
we were
كُنَّا (kunnā)
ك و ن
Verb
V
conversing
نَخُوضُ (nakhūḍu)
خ و ض
Verb
V
and playing
وَنَلْعَبُ (wanalʿabu)
ل ع ب
Verb
V
Say
قُلْ (qul)
ق و ل
Verb
V
Is it Allah
أَبِٱللَّهِ (abil-lahi)
أ ل ه
Noun
Noun
and His Verses
وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ (waāyātihi)
أ ي ي
Noun
Noun
and His Messenger
وَرَسُولِهِۦ (warasūlihi)
ر س ل
Noun
Noun
(that) you were
كُنتُمْ (kuntum)
ك و ن
Verb
V
mocking
تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ (tastahziūna)
ه ز أ
Verb
V