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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Hijr, verse 16

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ولقد جعلنا في السماء بروجا وزيناها للناظرين

It is We Who have set out The Zodiacal Signs in the heavens, And made them fair-seeming To (all) beholders;

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  • Verse 16 of 99
  • Juz 14
  • Page 263

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd verilywalaqad
  2. جَعَلْنَاWe have placedjaʿalnā
  3. فِىinfī
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe heavensl-samāi
  5. بُرُوجًۭاconstellationsburūjan
  6. وَزَيَّنَّـٰهَاand We have beautified itwazayyannāhā
  7. لِلنَّـٰظِرِينَfor the observerslilnnāẓirīna

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