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Quran 28:79Al-Qasas, verse 79

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

He went out among his people in all his pomp, and those whose aim was the life of this world said, ‘If only we had been given something like what Qarun has been given: he really is a very fortunate man,’

فَخَرَجَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فِي زِينَتِهِ ۖ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا يَا لَيْتَ لَنَا مِثْلَ مَا أُوتِيَ قَارُونُ إِنَّهُ لَذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ

fakharaja ʿalā qawmihi fī zīnatihi qāla alladhīna yurīdūna l-ḥayata l-dun'yā yālayta lanā mith'la mā ūtiya qārūnu innahu ladhū ḥaẓẓin ʿaẓīmin

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-Qasas verse 79
#WordMeaningRoot
1فَخَرَجَfakharajaSo he went forthخرج
2عَلَىٰʿalāto
3قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis peopleقوم
4فِىin
5زِينَتِهِۦ ۖzīnatihihis adornmentزين
6قَالَqālaSaidقول
7ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
8يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnadesireرود
9ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe lifeحيي
10ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the worldدنو
11يَـٰلَيْتَyālaytaO! Would that
12لَنَاlanāfor us
13مِثْلَmith'la(the) likeمثل
14مَآ(of) what
15أُوتِىَūtiyahas been givenأتي
16قَـٰرُونُqārūnu(to) Qarun
17إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
18لَذُوladhū(is the) owner
19حَظٍّḥaẓẓin(of) fortuneحظظ
20عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmingreatعظم