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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Hijr, verse 4

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Without diacritics

وما اهلكنا من قرية الا ولها كتاب معلوم

Never did We destroy A population that had not A term decreed and assigned Beforehand.

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  • Verse 4 of 99
  • Juz 14
  • Page 262

Word by word

  1. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
  3. مِنanymin
  4. قَرْيَةٍtownqaryatin
  5. إِلَّاbutillā
  6. وَلَهَا(there was) for itwalahā
  7. كِتَابٌۭa decreekitābun
  8. مَّعْلُومٌۭknownmaʿlūmun

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