Surah Az-Zumar, ayah 29
ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ مُتَشَـٰكِسُونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Allāh presents an example: a man [i.e., slave] owned by quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man - are they equal in comparison? Praise be to Allāh! But most of them do not know.
Az-Zumar · 39:29
Word by word
- ضَرَبَḍarabaAllah sets forth
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah sets forth
- مَثَلًۭاmathalanan example
- رَّجُلًۭاrajulana man
- فِيهِfīhiabout him
- شُرَكَآءُshurakāupartners
- مُتَشَـٰكِسُونَmutashākisūnaquarreling
- وَرَجُلًۭاwarajulanand a man
- سَلَمًۭاsalaman(belonging) exclusively
- لِّرَجُلٍlirajulinto one man
- هَلْhalare
- يَسْتَوِيَانِyastawiyānithey both equal
- مَثَلًا ۚmathalan(in) comparison
- ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduAll praise
- لِلَّهِ ۚlillahi(be) to Allah
- بَلْbalNay
- أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
- لَاlā(do) not
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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