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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ibrahim, verse 42

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ولا تحسبن الله غافلا عما يعمل الظالمون انما يؤخرهم ليوم تشخص فيه الابصار

Think not that God Doth not heed the deeds Of those who do wrong. He but giveth them respite Against a Day when The eyes will fixedly stare In horror,—

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  • Verse 42 of 52
  • Juz 13
  • Page 260

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَحْسَبَنَّthinktaḥsabanna
  3. ٱللَّهَ(that) Allahl-laha
  4. غَـٰفِلًا(is) unawareghāfilan
  5. عَمَّاof whatʿammā
  6. يَعْمَلُdoyaʿmalu
  7. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ۚthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna
  8. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  9. يُؤَخِّرُهُمْHe gives them respiteyu-akhiruhum
  10. لِيَوْمٍۢto a Dayliyawmin
  11. تَشْخَصُwill staretashkhaṣu
  12. فِيهِin itfīhi
  13. ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُthe eyesl-abṣāru

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