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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 24

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واذا قيل لهم ماذا انزل ربكم قالوا اساطير الاولين

When it is said to them, "What is it that your Lord Has revealed?" they say, "Tales of the ancients!"

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  • Verse 24 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 269

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  3. لَهُمto themlahum
  4. مَّاذَآWhatmādhā
  5. أَنزَلَhas your Lord sent downanzala
  6. رَبُّكُمْ ۙhas your Lord sent downrabbukum
  7. قَالُوٓا۟They sayqālū
  8. أَسَـٰطِيرُTalesasāṭīru
  9. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ(of) the ancientl-awalīna

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