Surah An-Nahlسُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ

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وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِم مَّا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَآبَّةٍۢ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّۭى ۖ فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ سَاعَةًۭ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
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Marfūʿ (Nominative)Manṣūb (Accusative)Majrūr (Genitive)VerbsParticlesPronouns

Verse syntax (16:61)

Syntax & morphology

#ArabicTranslationEnglish syntaxArabic iʿrāb
1وَلَوْ—P – particleحرف
2يُؤَاخِذُ—V – imperfect form 3 verbفعل مضارع
3ٱللَّهُ—N – nominative nounاسم مرفوع
4ٱلنَّاسَ—N – accusative nounاسم منصوب
5بِظُلْمِهِم—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
6مَّا—P – particleحرف
7تَرَكَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
8عَلَيْهَا—P – particleحرف
9مِن—P – particleحرف
10دَآبَّةٍ—N – genitive feminine nounاسم مجرور
11وَلَٰكِن—P – particleحرف
12يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ—V – imperfect form 2 verbفعل مضارع
13إِلَىٰٓ—P – particleحرف
14أَجَلٍ—N – genitive masculine nounاسم مجرور
15مُّسَمًّى—N – genitive masculine form 2 nounاسم مجرور
16فَإِذَا—N – nounاسم مرفوع
17جَآءَ—V – past form 1 verbفعل ماض
18أَجَلُهُمْ—N – nominative masculine nounاسم مرفوع
19لَا—P – particleحرف
20يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ—V – imperfect form 10 verbفعل مضارع
21سَاعَةً—N – accusative feminine nounاسم منصوب
22وَلَا—P – particleحرف
23يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ—V – imperfect form 10 verbفعل مضارع

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وَلَوْ

Particle
2

يُؤَاخِذُ

Verb
3

ٱللَّهُ

Noun
4

ٱلنَّاسَ

Noun
5

بِظُلْمِهِم

Noun
6

مَّا

Particle
7

تَرَكَ

Verb
8

عَلَيْهَا

Particle
9

مِن

Particle
10

دَآبَّةٍ

Noun
11

وَلَٰكِن

Particle
12

يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ

Verb
13

إِلَىٰٓ

Particle
14

أَجَلٍ

Noun
15

مُّسَمًّى

Noun
16

فَإِذَا

Noun
17

جَآءَ

Verb
18

أَجَلُهُمْ

Noun
19

لَا

Particle
20

يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

Verb
21

سَاعَةً

Noun
22

وَلَا

Particle
23

يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Verb

Morphology data from the Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds).

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