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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 41

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Without diacritics

يا صاحبي السجن اما احدكما فيسقي ربه خمرا واما الاخر فيصلب فتاكل الطير من راسه قضي الامر الذي فيه تستفتيان

"O my two companions Of the prison! As to one Of you, he will pour out The wine for his lord to drink: As for the other, he will Hang from the cross, and the birds Will eat from off his head. (So) hath been decreed That matter whereof Ye twain do enquire"…

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  • Verse 41 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 240

Word by word

  1. يَـٰصَـٰحِبَىِO my two companionsyāṣāḥibayi
  2. ٱلسِّجْنِ(of) the prisonl-sij'ni
  3. أَمَّآAs forammā
  4. أَحَدُكُمَاone of youaḥadukumā
  5. فَيَسْقِىhe will give drinkfayasqī
  6. رَبَّهُۥ(to) his masterrabbahu
  7. خَمْرًۭا ۖwinekhamran
  8. وَأَمَّاand as forwa-ammā
  9. ٱلْـَٔاخَرُthe otherl-ākharu
  10. فَيُصْلَبُhe will be crucifiedfayuṣ'labu
  11. فَتَأْكُلُand will eatfatakulu
  12. ٱلطَّيْرُthe birdsl-ṭayru
  13. مِنfrommin
  14. رَّأْسِهِۦ ۚhis headrasihi
  15. قُضِىَHas been decreedquḍiya
  16. ٱلْأَمْرُthe matterl-amru
  17. ٱلَّذِىabout whichalladhī
  18. فِيهِabout whichfīhi
  19. تَسْتَفْتِيَانِyou both inquiretastaftiyāni

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