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Surah Al-Isra, ayah 85

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair [i.e., concern] of my Lord. And you [i.e., mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little."

Al-Isra · 17:85

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  1. وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you
  2. عَنِʿaniconcerning
  3. ٱلرُّوحِ ۖl-rūḥithe soul
  4. قُلِquliSay
  5. ٱلرُّوحُl-rūḥuThe soul
  6. مِنْmin(is) of
  7. أَمْرِamri(the) affair
  8. رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord
  9. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  10. أُوتِيتُمūtītumyou have been given
  11. مِّنَminaof
  12. ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
  13. إِلَّاillāexcept
  14. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little

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