2: Surah Al-Baqarah - Part 128
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أَوْ
aw
Or
كَٱلَّذِى
ka-alladhī
like the one who
مَرَّ
marra
passed
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
by
قَرْيَةٍۢ
qaryatin
a township
وَهِىَ
wahiya
and it
خَاوِيَةٌ
khāwiyatun
(had) overturned
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
عُرُوشِهَا
ʿurūshihā
its roofs
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَنَّىٰ
annā
How
يُحْىِۦ
yuḥ'yī
(will) bring to life
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this (town)
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
مَوْتِهَا ۖ
mawtihā
its death
فَأَمَاتَهُ
fa-amātahu
Then he was made to die
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
مِا۟ئَةَ
mi-ata
(for) a hundred
عَامٍۢ
ʿāmin
year(s)
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
بَعَثَهُۥ ۖ
baʿathahu
He raised him
قَالَ
qāla
He said
كَمْ
kam
How long
لَبِثْتَ ۖ
labith'ta
(have) you remained
قَالَ
qāla
He said
لَبِثْتُ
labith'tu
I remained
يَوْمًا
yawman
(for) a day
أَوْ
aw
or
بَعْضَ
baʿḍa
a part
يَوْمٍۢ ۖ
yawmin
(of) a day
قَالَ
qāla
He said
بَل
bal
Nay
لَّبِثْتَ
labith'ta
you (have) remained
مِا۟ئَةَ
mi-ata
one hundred
عَامٍۢ
ʿāmin
year(s)
فَٱنظُرْ
fa-unẓur
Then look
إِلَىٰ
ilā
at
طَعَامِكَ
ṭaʿāmika
your food
وَشَرَابِكَ
washarābika
and your drink
لَمْ
lam
(they did) not
يَتَسَنَّهْ ۖ
yatasannah
change with time
وَٱنظُرْ
wa-unẓur
and look
إِلَىٰ
ilā
at
حِمَارِكَ
ḥimārika
your donkey
وَلِنَجْعَلَكَ
walinajʿalaka
and We will make you
ءَايَةًۭ
āyatan
a sign
لِّلنَّاسِ ۖ
lilnnāsi
for the people
وَٱنظُرْ
wa-unẓur
And look
إِلَى
ilā
at
ٱلْعِظَامِ
l-ʿiẓāmi
the bones
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
نُنشِزُهَا
nunshizuhā
We raise them
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
نَكْسُوهَا
naksūhā
We cover them
لَحْمًۭا ۚ
laḥman
(with) flesh
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
تَبَيَّنَ
tabayyana
became clear
لَهُۥ
lahu
to him
قَالَ
qāla
he said
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
I know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
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