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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 46

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يوسف ايها الصديق افتنا في سبع بقرات سمان ياكلهن سبع عجاف وسبع سنبلات خضر واخر يابسات لعلي ارجع الى الناس لعلهم يعلمون

"O Joseph!" (he said). "O man of truth! Expound To us (the dream) Of seven fat kine Whom seven lean ones Devour, and of seven Green ears of corn And (seven) others withered: That I may return To the people, and that They may understand."

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  • Verse 46 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 241

Word by word

  1. يُوسُفُYusufyūsufu
  2. أَيُّهَاOayyuhā
  3. ٱلصِّدِّيقُthe truthful onel-ṣidīqu
  4. أَفْتِنَاExplain to usaftinā
  5. فِىaboutfī
  6. سَبْعِ(the) sevensabʿi
  7. بَقَرَٰتٍۢcowsbaqarātin
  8. سِمَانٍۢfatsimānin
  9. يَأْكُلُهُنَّeating themyakuluhunna
  10. سَبْعٌsevensabʿun
  11. عِجَافٌۭlean onesʿijāfun
  12. وَسَبْعِand sevenwasabʿi
  13. سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍears (of corn)sunbulātin
  14. خُضْرٍۢgreenkhuḍ'rin
  15. وَأُخَرَand otherwa-ukhara
  16. يَابِسَـٰتٍۢdryyābisātin
  17. لَّعَلِّىٓthat I maylaʿallī
  18. أَرْجِعُreturnarjiʿu
  19. إِلَىtoilā
  20. ٱلنَّاسِthe peoplel-nāsi
  21. لَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahum
  22. يَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

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