Ayah al-Kahf (The Cave) 18:21 Word for Word at IslamAwakened.com

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wakadhālika

And similarly

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + P – prefixed preposition ka + DEM – masculine singular demonstrative pronoun

Root Link: ذ ل ك

aʿtharnā

We made known

V – 1st person plural (form IV) perfect verb + PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun na

Root Link: ع ث ر

ʿalayhim

about them

P – preposition + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ع ل ى

liyaʿlamū

that they might know

PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lam + V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: ع ل م

anna

that

ACC – accusative particle anna

Root Link: ا ن ن

waʿda

(the) Promise

N – accusative masculine noun

Root Link: و ع د

l-lahi

(of) Allah

PN – genitive proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

ḥaqqun

(is) true

N – nominative masculine indefinite noun

Root Link: ح ق ق

wa-anna

and that

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + ACC – accusative particle anna

Root Link: ا ن ن

l-sāʿata

(about) the Hour

DET – determiner prefix al + N – accusative feminine noun

Root Link: س و ع

lā

(there is) no

NEG – negative particle

Root Link: ل ا

rayba

doubt

N – accusative masculine noun

Root Link: ر ى ب

fīhā

in it

P – preposition + PRON – 3rd person feminine singular object pronoun ha

Root Link: ف ى

idh

When

T – time adverb

Root Link: ا ذ

yatanāzaʿūna

they disputed

V – 3rd person masculine plural (form VI) imperfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun na

Root Link: ن ز ع

baynahum

among themselves

LOC – accusative location adverb + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ب ى ن

amrahum

about their affair

N – accusative masculine noun + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ا م ر

faqālū

and they said

CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and) + V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: ق و ل

ib'nū

Construct

V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: ب ن و

ʿalayhim

over them

P – preposition + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ع ل ى

bun'yānan

a structure

N – accusative masculine indefinite noun

Root Link: ب ن و

rabbuhum

Their Lord

N – nominative masculine noun + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ر ب ب

aʿlamu

knows best

ADJ – nominative masculine singular adjective

Root Link: ع ل م

bihim

about them

P – prefixed preposition bi + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural personal pronoun him

Root Link: ب

qāla

Said

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ق و ل

alladhīna

those who

REL – masculine plural relative pronoun

Root Link: ا ل ل ذ

ghalabū

prevailed

V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: غ ل ب

ʿalā

P – preposition

Root Link: ع ل ى

amrihim

their matter

N – genitive masculine noun + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ا م ر

lanattakhidhanna

Surely we will take

EMPH – emphatic prefix lam + V – 1st person plural (form VIII) imperfect verb + EMPH – emphatic suffix nun

Root Link: ا خ ذ

ʿalayhim

over them

P – preposition + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ع ل ى

masjidan

a place of worship

N – accusative masculine indefinite noun

Root Link: س ج د

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