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innamā
Only
ACC – accusative particle inna + PREV – preventive particle ma
Root Link: ا ن ن م
qawlunā
Our Word
N – nominative masculine verbal noun + PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun na
Root Link: ق و ل
lishayin
to a thing
P – prefixed preposition lam + N – genitive masculine indefinite noun
Root Link: ش ى ء
idhā
when
T – time adverb
Root Link: ا ذ ا
aradnāhu
We intend it
V – 1st person plural (form IV) perfect verb + PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun na + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha
Root Link: ر و د
an
(is) that
SUB – subordinating conjunction
Root Link: ا ن
naqūla
We say
V – 1st person plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood
Root Link: ق و ل
lahu
to it
P – prefixed preposition lam + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular personal pronoun hu
Root Link: ل
kun
Be
V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb
Root Link: ك و ن
fayakūnu
and it is
CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and) + V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb
Root Link: ك و ن

Acknowledgements:

Single-Word Audio has been made possible through software provided by Arabi for Arabic NLP

James Ada's concordance work; his research can be found at www.organizedQuran.com
Note: James is now a member of the IslamAwakened Continuity Board

The work of Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh and Ms. Kausar Khatri; their work is here The Glorious Quran Word-for-Word Translation to facilitate learning of Quranic Arabic

The Easy Dictionary of the Qur'an by Shaikh Abdul Karim Parekh

And of course Lane's Lexicon: An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived From the Best and the Most Copious Eastern Sources by Edward William Lane