Ayah al-Kahf (The Cave) 18:17 Word for Word at IslamAwakened.com

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watarā

And you (might) have seen

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb

Root Link: ر ا ى

l-shamsa

the sun

DET – determiner prefix al + N – accusative feminine noun

Root Link: ش م س

idhā

when

T – time adverb

Root Link: ا ذ ا

ṭalaʿat

it rose

V – 3rd person feminine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ط ل ع

tazāwaru

inclining away

V – 3rd person feminine singular (form VI) imperfect verb

Root Link: ز و ر

ʿan

from

P – preposition

Root Link: ع ن

kahfihim

their cave

N – genitive masculine noun + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ك ه ف

dhāta

LOC – accusative feminine singular location adverb

Root Link: ذ و

l-yamīni

the right

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: ى م ن

wa-idhā

and when

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + T – time adverb

Root Link: ا ذ ا

gharabat

it set

V – 3rd person feminine singular perfect verb

Root Link: غ ر ب

taqriḍuhum

passing away from them

V – 3rd person feminine singular imperfect verb + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ق ر ض

dhāta

LOC – accusative feminine singular location adverb

Root Link: ذ و

l-shimāli

the left

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: ش م ل

wahum

while they

CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle wa + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural personal pronoun hum

Root Link: ه م

fī

(lay) in

P – preposition

Root Link: ف ى

fajwatin

the open space

N – genitive feminine indefinite noun

Root Link: ف ج و

min'hu

thereof

P – preposition + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: م ن

dhālika

That

DEM – masculine singular demonstrative pronoun

Root Link: ذ ل ك

min

(was) from

P – preposition

Root Link: م ن

āyāti

(the) Signs

N – genitive feminine plural noun

Root Link: ا ى ا

l-lahi

(of) Allah

PN – genitive proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

man

Whoever

REL – relative pronoun

Root Link: م ن

yahdi

guides

V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood

Root Link: ه د ى

l-lahu

Allah

PN – nominative proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

fahuwa

and he

CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and) + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular personal pronoun huwa

Root Link: ه و

l-muh'tadi

(is) the guided one

DET – determiner prefix al + N – nominative masculine (form VIII) active participle

Root Link: ه د ى

waman

and whoever

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + REL – relative pronoun

Root Link: م ن

yuḍ'lil

He lets go astray

V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb, jussive mood

Root Link: ض ل ل

falan

then never

REM – prefixed resumption particle fa + NEG – negative particle

Root Link: ل ن

tajida

you will find

V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) imperfect verb

Root Link: و ج د

lahu

for him

P – prefixed preposition lam + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular personal pronoun hu

Root Link: ل

waliyyan

a protector

N – accusative masculine indefinite noun

Root Link: و ل ى

mur'shidan

a guide

ADJ – accusative masculine indefinite (form IV) active participle

Root Link: ر ش د

Acknowledgements:

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James Ada's concordance work; his research can be found at www.organizedQuran.com
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The work of Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh and Ms. Kausar Khatri; their work is here The Glorious Quran Word-for-Word Translation to facilitate learning of Quranic Arabic

The Easy Dictionary of the Qur'an by Shaikh Abdul Karim Parekh

And of course Lane's Lexicon: An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived From the Best and the Most Copious Eastern Sources by Edward William Lane