Quran 56:23: The Last Testament

Wonderful companions, like pearls which are sheltered.

Translation endnotes

[56:13-40] Early supporters of the message are rewarded with higher ranks since they take more risks by accepting the truth when it has greater opposition.

56:23Verse 5054 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

كَاَمْثَالِ

ka-amthāli

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

Letter-by-letter reading

كَkaاَāaمْmثَthaاāلِli

Read the sounds from right to left. Written letters and spoken sound may differ where Arabic pronunciation rules apply.

ROOTم ث ل

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

What this word is doing

“كَ” (ka)means “like / as.” It is a preposition: it links this word to the next word or phrase.Corpus grammarP — prefixed preposition.

“أَمْثَٰلِ” (ʾaamthāli)means “Like” in this verse. It is a noun. a naming word. Here it is masculine — plural, genitive.Corpus grammarN — masculine plural genitive noun.