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Quran Maqasid

Surah Hud, verse 38

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Without diacritics

ويصنع الفلك وكلما مر عليه ملا من قومه سخروا منه قال ان تسخروا منا فانا نسخر منكم كما تسخرون

Forthwith he (starts) Constructing the Ark: Every time that the Chiefs Of his People passed by him, They threw ridicule on him. He said: "If ye ridicule Us now, we (in our turn) Can look down on you With ridicule likewise!

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  • Verse 38 of 123
  • Juz 12
  • Page 226

Word by word

  1. وَيَصْنَعُAnd he was constructingwayaṣnaʿu
  2. ٱلْفُلْكَthe shipl-ful'ka
  3. وَكُلَّمَاand every timewakullamā
  4. مَرَّpassedmarra
  5. عَلَيْهِby himʿalayhi
  6. مَلَأٌۭ(the) chiefsmala-on
  7. مِّنofmin
  8. قَوْمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  9. سَخِرُوا۟they ridiculedsakhirū
  10. مِنْهُ ۚ[of] himmin'hu
  11. قَالَHe saidqāla
  12. إِنIfin
  13. تَسْخَرُوا۟you ridiculetaskharū
  14. مِنَّاusminnā
  15. فَإِنَّاthen wefa-innā
  16. نَسْخَرُcan ridiculenaskharu
  17. مِنكُمْyouminkum
  18. كَمَاaskamā
  19. تَسْخَرُونَyou ridiculetaskharūna

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