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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 40

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Without diacritics

انما قولنا لشيء اذا اردناه ان نقول له كن فيكون

For to anything which We Have willed, We but say The Word, "Be ", and it is.

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  • Verse 40 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 271

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. قَوْلُنَاOur Wordqawlunā
  3. لِشَىْءٍto a thinglishayin
  4. إِذَآwhenidhā
  5. أَرَدْنَـٰهُWe intend itaradnāhu
  6. أَن(is) thatan
  7. نَّقُولَWe saynaqūla
  8. لَهُۥto itlahu
  9. كُنBekun
  10. فَيَكُونُand it isfayakūnu

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