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Al-Hijr · Ayah 72

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By your life

لَعَمْرُكَ

By your life

لHarf · Emphatic particle

Emphasis particle: adds emphasis or certainty

indeed

عمْرُIsm · Noun

NominativeMasculine

Rootعمر

★★★★Common

to inhabit, maintain; life, age, populated place

Lemmaعَمْر

Noun

كIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (2nd person masculine singular)

you/your

2nd personMasculineSingular

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Emphatic لَ (indeed)

لَعَمْرُكَ (By your life) starts with لَ for emphasis — it's like saying "indeed!" or "certainly!".

We add "indeed" or "certainly" to show the emphasis.

By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

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