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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 40

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افاصفاكم ربكم بالبنين واتخذ من الملائكة اناثا انكم لتقولون قولا عظيما

Has then your Lord, (O Pagans!) preferred for you Sons, and taken for Himself Daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter A most dreadful saying!

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  • Verse 40 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 286

Word by word

  1. أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْThen has your Lord chosen (for) youafa-aṣfākum
  2. رَبُّكُمThen has your Lord chosen (for) yourabbukum
  3. بِٱلْبَنِينَsonsbil-banīna
  4. وَٱتَّخَذَand He has takenwa-ittakhadha
  5. مِنَfrommina
  6. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِthe Angelsl-malāikati
  7. إِنَـٰثًا ۚdaughtersināthan
  8. إِنَّكُمْIndeed, youinnakum
  9. لَتَقُولُونَsurely saylataqūlūna
  10. قَوْلًاa wordqawlan
  11. عَظِيمًۭاgraveʿaẓīman

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