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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 4

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خلق الانسان من نطفة فاذا هو خصيم مبين

He has created man From a sperm-drop; And behold this same (man) Becomes an open disputer!

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  • Verse 4 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 267

Word by word

  1. خَلَقَHe createdkhalaqa
  2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَthe human kindl-insāna
  3. مِنfrommin
  4. نُّطْفَةٍۢa minute quantity of semennuṭ'fatin
  5. فَإِذَاthen beholdfa-idhā
  6. هُوَhehuwa
  7. خَصِيمٌۭ(is) an opponentkhaṣīmun
  8. مُّبِينٌۭclearmubīnun

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