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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 26

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قد مكر الذين من قبلهم فاتى الله بنيانهم من القواعد فخر عليهم السقف من فوقهم واتاهم العذاب من حيث لا يشعرون

Those before them did also Plot (against God's Way): But God took their structures From their foundations, and the roof Fell down on them from above; And the Wrath seized them From directions they did not perceive.

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  • Verse 26 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 269

Word by word

  1. قَدْVerilyqad
  2. مَكَرَplottedmakara
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. مِن(were) before themmin
  5. قَبْلِهِمْ(were) before themqablihim
  6. فَأَتَىbut Allah camefa-atā
  7. ٱللَّهُbut Allah camel-lahu
  8. بُنْيَـٰنَهُم(at) their buildingbun'yānahum
  9. مِّنَfrommina
  10. ٱلْقَوَاعِدِthe foundationsl-qawāʿidi
  11. فَخَرَّso fellfakharra
  12. عَلَيْهِمُupon themʿalayhimu
  13. ٱلسَّقْفُthe roofl-saqfu
  14. مِنfrommin
  15. فَوْقِهِمْabove themfawqihim
  16. وَأَتَىٰهُمُand came to themwa-atāhumu
  17. ٱلْعَذَابُthe punishmentl-ʿadhābu
  18. مِنْfrommin
  19. حَيْثُwhereḥaythu
  20. لَاthey (did) not perceivelā
  21. يَشْعُرُونَthey (did) not perceiveyashʿurūna

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