Surah An-Nahl, ayah 103
وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُۥ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِّسَانُ ٱلَّذِى يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَـٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ
And We certainly know that they say, "It is only a human being who teaches him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)]." The tongue of the one they refer to is foreign, and this [recitation, i.e., Qur’ān] is [in] a clear Arabic language.
An-Nahl · 16:103
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
- نَعْلَمُnaʿlamuWe know
- أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnasay
- إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
- يُعَلِّمُهُۥyuʿallimuhuteaches him
- بَشَرٌۭ ۗbasharuna human being
- لِّسَانُlisānu(The) tongue
- ٱلَّذِىalladhī(of) the one
- يُلْحِدُونَyul'ḥidūnathey refer
- إِلَيْهِilayhito him
- أَعْجَمِىٌّۭaʿjamiyyun(is) foreign
- وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāwhile this
- لِسَانٌlisānun(is) a language
- عَرَبِىٌّۭʿarabiyyunArabic
- مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear
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