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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 16

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واذا اردنا ان نهلك قرية امرنا مترفيها ففسقوا فيها فحق عليها القول فدمرناها تدميرا

When We decide to destroy A population, We (first) send A definite order to those Among them who are given The good things of this life And yet transgress; so that The word is proved true Against them: then (it is) We destroy them utterly.

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  • Verse 16 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 283

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَآAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. أَرَدْنَآWe intendaradnā
  3. أَنthatan
  4. نُّهْلِكَWe destroynuh'lika
  5. قَرْيَةًa townqaryatan
  6. أَمَرْنَاWe orderamarnā
  7. مُتْرَفِيهَاits wealthy peoplemut'rafīhā
  8. فَفَسَقُوا۟but they defiantly disobeyfafasaqū
  9. فِيهَاthereinfīhā
  10. فَحَقَّso (is) proved truefaḥaqqa
  11. عَلَيْهَاagainst itʿalayhā
  12. ٱلْقَوْلُthe wordl-qawlu
  13. فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَاand We destroy itfadammarnāhā
  14. تَدْمِيرًۭا(with) destructiontadmīran

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