Roots Analysis

In this section, we have provided a linguistic definition of each word in the ayah and an example of that word employed elsewhere in the Quran. Read each
definition carefully, note how it is employed in the other ayahs and use it to understand the verse in question. By no means is this chart complete.

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: To know, to be
aware
)(49:7
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( Nothing but, only
(41:6)... (9:60)}...
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Life, liveliness,
life-blood

)(2:87 :

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)(16:122 :

Nearer, closer,
low



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Play, game, joke,
jest
)(29:64

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)(1:7

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Amusement,
entertainment,
)(62:11
distraction

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Embellishment,
adornment,


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decoration

)(7:32

)(31:18


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pride,
haughtiness,

boastful

)(38:22

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Between, among,
amidst

)(102:1 .:


Growth, increase,
multiplication
].[64 :
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Possessions,
goods, wealth

) (2:155





Descendent,
offspring,

)(64:15
children

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Is like

(2:171)...

. Abundant rain
)(31:34

(9:85)... . :

To fill with
admiration, to
strike with
astonishment,
amaze
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: Sower (seeds),
farmer
)(this is not from the Quran

Plants, vegetation

)(78:15

Then, thereupon,
furthermore, and
) (2:52 again

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To stir up, to
agitate, to disturb
)(39:21

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)(77:36

Then, and then,
and so
)(102:6

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To see, to
perceive, to
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consider

)(30:51




Yellow coloured,
pale




To be, to exist, to
happen, to occur
)(101:4

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Debris, rubble,
fragments
)(39:21

: The hereafter
)(11:16

) (14:2



: Pain, torment,
punishment

Strong, powerful,
intense

)(50:26

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Pardon,
forgiveness
)(3:133

)(59:22




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: Allah, God
)(Note:this is just one of many opinions for your reference




Approval, favour,
pleasure

)(48:29




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)(3:144 (. )
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+
just

Object,
commodity, stuff,


)(4:77 thing

Deception,
delusion
)(4:120

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((57:20

Below are three grammatical parsings of the ayah from Surah Al-Hadid. This section is only for your
reference. You will not be assessed on its content.

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