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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 42

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وقد مكر الذين من قبلهم فلله المكر جميعا يعلم ما تكسب كل نفس وسيعلم الكفار لمن عقبى الدار

Those before them did (also) Devise plots; but in all things The master-planning is God's. He knoweth the doings Of every soul: and soon Will the Unbelievers know Who gets home in the End.

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  • Verse 42 of 43
  • Juz 13
  • Page 254

Word by word

  1. وَقَدْAnd certainlywaqad
  2. مَكَرَplottedmakara
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. مِن(were) frommin
  5. قَبْلِهِمْbefore themqablihim
  6. فَلِلَّهِbut for Allahfalillahi
  7. ٱلْمَكْرُ(is) the plotl-makru
  8. جَمِيعًۭا ۖalljamīʿan
  9. يَعْلَمُHe knowsyaʿlamu
  10. مَاwhatmā
  11. تَكْسِبُearnstaksibu
  12. كُلُّeverykullu
  13. نَفْسٍۢ ۗsoulnafsin
  14. وَسَيَعْلَمُand will knowwasayaʿlamu
  15. ٱلْكُفَّـٰرُthe disbelieversl-kufāru
  16. لِمَنْfor whomliman
  17. عُقْبَى(is) the finalʿuq'bā
  18. ٱلدَّارِthe homel-dāri

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