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Al-Isra (The Night Journey) · Ayah 85

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا 85

And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair [i.e., concern] of my Lord. And you [i.e., mankind] have not been given of knowledge except a little."

وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask you

سألs-a-lverb

عَنِʿaniconcerning

ٱلرُّوحِ ۖl-rūḥithe soul

روحr-w-hnoun

قُلِquliSay

قولq-w-lverb

ٱلرُّوحُl-rūḥuThe soul

روحr-w-hnoun

مِنْmin(is) of

أَمْرِamri(the) affair

أمرa-m-rnoun

رَبِّىrabbī(of) my Lord

رببr-b-bnoun

وَمَآwamāAnd not

أُوتِيتُمūtītumyou have been given

أتيa-t-yverb

مِّنَminaof

ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge

علم'-l-mnoun

إِلَّاillāexcept

قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana little

قللq-l-lnoun

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