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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 67

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واذا مسكم الضر في البحر ضل من تدعون الا اياه فلما نجاكم الى البر اعرضتم وكان الانسان كفورا

When distress seizes you At sea, those that ye Call upon—besides Himself— Leave you in the lurch! But when He brings you back Safe to land, ye turn Away (from Him). Most ungrateful Is man!

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  • Verse 67 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 289

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. مَسَّكُمُtouches youmassakumu
  3. ٱلضُّرُّthe hardshipl-ḍuru
  4. فِىinfī
  5. ٱلْبَحْرِthe seal-baḥri
  6. ضَلَّlostḍalla
  7. مَن(are) whoman
  8. تَدْعُونَyou calltadʿūna
  9. إِلَّآexceptillā
  10. إِيَّاهُ ۖHim Aloneiyyāhu
  11. فَلَمَّاBut whenfalammā
  12. نَجَّىٰكُمْHe delivers younajjākum
  13. إِلَىtoilā
  14. ٱلْبَرِّthe landl-bari
  15. أَعْرَضْتُمْ ۚyou turn awayaʿraḍtum
  16. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  17. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُmanl-insānu
  18. كَفُورًاungratefulkafūran

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