Quran 2:17: The Last Testament

Their example is like one who lights a fire, so when it illuminates what is around him, God takes away his light and leaves him in the darkness not seeing.

2:17Verse 25 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

مَثَلُهُمْ

mathaluhum

Their example

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form مثل. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

Their example

Letter-by-letter reading

مَmaثَthaلُluهُhuمْm

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ROOTم ث ل

WHAT THIS ISA naming word (a noun) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“مَثَلُ” (mathalu)means “Their example” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine, nominative.Corpus grammarN — nominative noun.

“هُمْ” (hum)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural attached pronoun.