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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yunus, verse 13

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ولقد اهلكنا القرون من قبلكم لما ظلموا وجاءتهم رسلهم بالبينات وما كانوا ليؤمنوا كذلك نجزي القوم المجرمين

Generations before you We destroyed when they Did wrong: their Apostles Came to them with Clear Signs, But they would not believe! Thus do We requite Those who sin!

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  • Verse 13 of 109
  • Juz 11
  • Page 209

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd verilywalaqad
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
  3. ٱلْقُرُونَthe generationsl-qurūna
  4. مِنbefore youmin
  5. قَبْلِكُمْbefore youqablikum
  6. لَمَّاwhenlammā
  7. ظَلَمُوا۟ ۙthey wrongedẓalamū
  8. وَجَآءَتْهُمْand came to themwajāathum
  9. رُسُلُهُمtheir Messengersrusuluhum
  10. بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِwith clear proofsbil-bayināti
  11. وَمَاbut notwamā
  12. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  13. لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚto believeliyu'minū
  14. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  15. نَجْزِىWe recompensenajzī
  16. ٱلْقَوْمَthe peoplel-qawma
  17. ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ(who are) criminalsl-muj'rimīna

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