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Surah Nuh, ayah 21

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

Nuh · 71:21

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  1. قَالَqālaSaid
  2. نُوحٌۭnūḥunNuh
  3. رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
  4. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  5. عَصَوْنِىʿaṣawnīdisobeyed me
  6. وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
  7. مَنman(the one) who
  8. لَّمْlam(did) not
  9. يَزِدْهُyazid'huincrease him
  10. مَالُهُۥmāluhuhis wealth
  11. وَوَلَدُهُۥٓwawaladuhuand his children
  12. إِلَّاillāexcept
  13. خَسَارًۭاkhasāran(in) loss

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