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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 48

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اولم يروا الى ما خلق الله من شيء يتفيا ظلاله عن اليمين والشمائل سجدا لله وهم داخرون

Do they not look At God's creation, (even) Among (inanimate) things,— How their (very) shadows Turn round, from the right And the left, prostrating Themselves to God, and that In the humblest manner?

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  • Verse 48 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 272

Word by word

  1. أَوَلَمْHave notawalam
  2. يَرَوْا۟they seenyaraw
  3. إِلَىٰ[towards]ilā
  4. مَاwhatmā
  5. خَلَقَAllah has createdkhalaqa
  6. ٱللَّهُAllah has createdl-lahu
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. شَىْءٍۢa thingshayin
  9. يَتَفَيَّؤُا۟Inclineyatafayya-u
  10. ظِلَـٰلُهُۥtheir shadowsẓilāluhu
  11. عَنِtoʿani
  12. ٱلْيَمِينِthe rightl-yamīni
  13. وَٱلشَّمَآئِلِand to the leftwal-shamāili
  14. سُجَّدًۭاprostratingsujjadan
  15. لِّلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  16. وَهُمْwhile theywahum
  17. دَٰخِرُونَ(are) humbledākhirūna

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