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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 55

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وربك اعلم بمن في السماوات والارض ولقد فضلنا بعض النبيين على بعض واتينا داوود زبورا

And it is your Lord That knoweth best all beings That are in the heavens And on earth: We Did bestow on some Prophets More (and other) gifts Than on others: and We gave To David (the gift Of) the Psalms.

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  • Verse 55 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 287

Word by word

  1. وَرَبُّكَAnd your Lordwarabbuka
  2. أَعْلَمُ(is) most knowingaʿlamu
  3. بِمَنof whoeverbiman
  4. فِى(is) infī
  5. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗand the earthwal-arḍi
  7. وَلَقَدْAnd verilywalaqad
  8. فَضَّلْنَاWe have preferredfaḍḍalnā
  9. بَعْضَsomebaʿḍa
  10. ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ(of) the Prophetsl-nabiyīna
  11. عَلَىٰtoʿalā
  12. بَعْضٍۢ ۖothersbaʿḍin
  13. وَءَاتَيْنَاAnd We gavewaātaynā
  14. دَاوُۥدَDawooddāwūda
  15. زَبُورًۭاZaboorzabūran

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