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An-Naml (The Ant) · Ayah 46

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ 46

He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"

قَالَqālaHe said

قولq-w-lverb

يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people

قومq-w-mnoun

لِمَlimaWhy

noun

تَسْتَعْجِلُونَtastaʿjilūna(do) you seek to hasten

عجل'-j-lverb

بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِbil-sayi-atithe evil

سوأs-w-anoun

قَبْلَqablabefore

قبلq-b-lnoun

ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖl-ḥasanatithe good

حسنh-s-nnoun

لَوْلَاlawlāWhy not

تَسْتَغْفِرُونَtastaghfirūnayou ask forgiveness

غفرgh-f-rverb

ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah

ألهa-l-hnoun

لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may

noun

تُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūnareceive mercy

رحمr-h-mverb

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