Ayah al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) 8:42 Word for Word at IslamAwakened.com

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idh

When

T – time adverb

Root Link: ا ذ

antum

you (were)

PRON – 2nd person masculine plural personal pronoun antum

Root Link: ا ن ت م

bil-ʿud'wati

on the nearer side

P – prefixed preposition bi + DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive feminine noun

Root Link: ع د و

l-dun'yā

(of) the world (valley)

DET – determiner prefix al + ADJ – genitive feminine singular adjective

Root Link: د ن و

wahum

and they

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural personal pronoun hum

Root Link: ه م

bil-ʿud'wati

(were) on the side

P – prefixed preposition bi + DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive feminine noun

Root Link: ع د و

l-quṣ'wā

the farther

DET – determiner prefix al + ADJ – nominative feminine singular adjective

Root Link: ق ص و

wal-rakbu

and the caravan

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + DET – determiner prefix al + N – nominative masculine noun

Root Link: ر ك ب

asfala

(was) lower

LOC – accusative masculine singular location adverb

Root Link: س ف ل

minkum

than you

P – preposition + PRON – 2nd person masculine plural possessive pronoun kum

Root Link: م ن

walaw

And if

REM – prefixed resumption particle wa + COND – conditional particle

Root Link: ل و

tawāʿadttum

you (had) made an appointment

V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VI) perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun tum

Root Link: و ع د

la-ikh'talaftum

certainly you would have failed

EMPH – emphatic prefix lam + V – 2nd person masculine plural (form VIII) perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun tum

Root Link: خ ل ف

fī

P – preposition

Root Link: ف ى

l-mīʿādi

the appointment

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: و ع د

walākin

But

REM – prefixed resumption particle wa + AMD – amendment particle lakin

Root Link: ل ك ن

liyaqḍiya

that might accomplish

PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lam + V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood

Root Link: ق ض ى

l-lahu

Allah

PN – nominative proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

amran

a matter

N – accusative masculine indefinite noun

Root Link: ا م ر

kāna

(that) was

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ك و ن

mafʿūlan

destined

N – accusative masculine indefinite passive participle

Root Link: ف ع ل

liyahlika

that (might be) destroyed

PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lam + V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood

Root Link: ه ل ك

man

(those) who

REL – relative pronoun

Root Link: م ن

halaka

(were to be) destroyed

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ه ل ك

ʿan

P – preposition

Root Link: ع ن

bayyinatin

a clear evidence

N – genitive feminine singular indefinite noun

Root Link: ب ى ن

wayaḥyā

and (might) live

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood

Root Link: ح ى ى

man

(those) who

REL – relative pronoun

Root Link: م ن

ḥayya

(were to) live

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ح ى ى

ʿan

P – preposition

Root Link: ع ن

bayyinatin

a clear evidence

N – genitive feminine singular indefinite noun

Root Link: ب ى ن

wa-inna

And indeed

REM – prefixed resumption particle wa + ACC – accusative particle inna

Root Link: ا ن ن

l-laha

Allah

PN – accusative proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

lasamīʿun

(is) All-Hearing

EMPH – emphatic prefix lam + N – nominative masculine singular indefinite noun

Root Link: س م ع

ʿalīmun

All-Knowing

ADJ – nominative masculine singular indefinite adjective

Root Link: ع ل م

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