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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 112

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وضرب الله مثلا قرية كانت امنة مطمئنة ياتيها رزقها رغدا من كل مكان فكفرت بانعم الله فاذاقها الله لباس الجوع والخوف بما كانوا يصنعون

God sets forth a Parable: A city enjoying security And quiet, abundantly supplied With sustenance from every place: Yet was it ungrateful For the favours of God: So God made it taste Of hunger and terror (in extremes) (Closing in on it) like a garment (From every side), because Of the (evil) which (Its people) wrought.

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  • Verse 112 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 280

Word by word

  1. وَضَرَبَAnd Allah sets forthwaḍaraba
  2. ٱللَّهُAnd Allah sets forthl-lahu
  3. مَثَلًۭاa similitudemathalan
  4. قَرْيَةًۭ(of) a townqaryatan
  5. كَانَتْ(that) waskānat
  6. ءَامِنَةًۭsecureāminatan
  7. مُّطْمَئِنَّةًۭand contentmuṭ'ma-innatan
  8. يَأْتِيهَاcoming to ityatīhā
  9. رِزْقُهَاits provisionriz'quhā
  10. رَغَدًۭا(in) abundanceraghadan
  11. مِّنfrommin
  12. كُلِّeverykulli
  13. مَكَانٍۢplacemakānin
  14. فَكَفَرَتْbut it deniedfakafarat
  15. بِأَنْعُمِ(the) Favors of Allahbi-anʿumi
  16. ٱللَّهِ(the) Favors of Allahl-lahi
  17. فَأَذَٰقَهَاso Allah made it tastefa-adhāqahā
  18. ٱللَّهُso Allah made it tastel-lahu
  19. لِبَاسَ(the) garblibāsa
  20. ٱلْجُوعِ(of) the hungerl-jūʿi
  21. وَٱلْخَوْفِand the fearwal-khawfi
  22. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  23. كَانُوا۟they used (to)kānū
  24. يَصْنَعُونَdoyaṣnaʿūna

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