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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yunus, verse 39

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Without diacritics

بل كذبوا بما لم يحيطوا بعلمه ولما ياتهم تاويله كذلك كذب الذين من قبلهم فانظر كيف كان عاقبة الظالمين

Nay, they charge with falsehood That whose knowledge they Cannot compass, even before The elucidation thereof" Hath reached them: thus Did those before them Make charges of falsehood: But see what was the end Of those who did wrong!

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  • Verse 39 of 109
  • Juz 11
  • Page 213

Word by word

  1. بَلْNaybal
  2. كَذَّبُوا۟they deniedkadhabū
  3. بِمَاwhatbimā
  4. لَمْnotlam
  5. يُحِيطُوا۟they could encompassyuḥīṭū
  6. بِعِلْمِهِۦ(of) its knowledgebiʿil'mihi
  7. وَلَمَّاand notwalammā
  8. يَأْتِهِمْhas come (to) themyatihim
  9. تَأْوِيلُهُۥ ۚits interpretationtawīluhu
  10. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  11. كَذَّبَdeniedkadhaba
  12. ٱلَّذِينَthosealladhīna
  13. مِنbefore themmin
  14. قَبْلِهِمْ ۖbefore themqablihim
  15. فَٱنظُرْthen seefa-unẓur
  16. كَيْفَhowkayfa
  17. كَانَwaskāna
  18. عَـٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatu
  19. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ(of) the wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

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