Ayah an-Nisa` (Women) 4:78 Word for Word at IslamAwakened.com

Full Arabic أَیۡنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ یُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِی بُرُوجࣲ مُّشَیَّدَةࣲۗ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ حَسَنَةࣱ یَقُولُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَیِّئَةࣱ یَقُولُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦ مِنۡ عِندِكَۚ قُلۡ كُلࣱّ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ فَمَالِ هَـٰۤؤُلَاۤءِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ لَا یَكَادُونَ یَفۡقَهُونَ حَدِیثࣰا ۝٧٨

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aynamā

Wherever

COND – conditional particle + SUP – supplemental particle

Root Link: ا ى ن

takūnū

you be

V – 2nd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: ك و ن

yud'rikkumu

will overtake you

V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb, jussive mood + PRON – 2nd person masculine plural possessive pronoun kumu

Root Link: د ر ك

l-mawtu

[the] death

DET – determiner prefix al + N – nominative masculine noun

Root Link: م و ت

walaw

even if

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + COND – conditional particle

Root Link: ل و

kuntum

you are

V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun tum

Root Link: ك و ن

fī

P – preposition

Root Link: ف ى

burūjin

towers

N – genitive masculine plural indefinite noun

Root Link: ب ر ج

mushayyadatin

lofty

N – genitive feminine indefinite (form II) passive participle

Root Link: ش ى د

wa-in

And if

REM – prefixed resumption particle wa + COND – conditional particle

Root Link: ا ن

tuṣib'hum

befalls them

V – 3rd person feminine singular (form IV) imperfect verb, jussive mood + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ص و ب

ḥasanatun

any good

N – nominative feminine indefinite noun

Root Link: ح س ن

yaqūlū

they say

V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: ق و ل

hādhihi

This

DEM – feminine singular demonstrative pronoun

Root Link: ه ا ذ

min

(is)

P – preposition

Root Link: م ن

ʿindi

from

N – genitive noun

Root Link: ع ن د

l-lahi

Allah

PN – genitive proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

wa-in

And if

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + COND – conditional particle

Root Link: ا ن

tuṣib'hum

befalls them

V – 3rd person feminine singular (form IV) imperfect verb, jussive mood + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ص و ب

sayyi-atun

any evil

N – nominative feminine indefinite noun

Root Link: س و ء

yaqūlū

they say

V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: ق و ل

hādhihi

This

DEM – feminine singular demonstrative pronoun

Root Link: ه ا ذ

min

(is) from

P – preposition

Root Link: م ن

ʿindika

you

N – genitive noun + PRON – 2nd person masculine singular object pronoun ka

Root Link: ع ن د

qul

Say

V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb

Root Link: ق و ل

kullun

All

N – nominative masculine indefinite noun

Root Link: ك ل ل

min

(is)

P – preposition

Root Link: م ن

ʿindi

from

N – genitive noun

Root Link: ع ن د

l-lahi

Allah

PN – genitive proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

famāli

So what (is wrong)

REM – prefixed resumption particle fa + INTG – interrogative noun + P – preposition li

Root Link: م ا ل

hāulāi

(with) these

DEM – plural demonstrative pronoun

Root Link: ا و ل ا

l-qawmi

[the] people

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: ق و م

lā

not

NEG – negative particle

Root Link: ل ا

yakādūna

do they seem

V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun na

Root Link: ك و د

yafqahūna

(to) understand

V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun na

Root Link: ف ق ه

ḥadīthan

any statement

N – accusative masculine indefinite noun

Root Link: ح د ث

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