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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 104

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الذين ضل سعيهم في الحياة الدنيا وهم يحسبون انهم يحسنون صنعا

"Those whose efforts have Been wasted in this life, While they thought that They were acquiring good By their works?"

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  • Verse 104 of 110
  • Juz 16
  • Page 304

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose alladhīna
  2. ضَلَّis lostḍalla
  3. سَعْيُهُمْtheir effortsaʿyuhum
  4. فِىinfī
  5. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati
  6. ٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  7. وَهُمْwhile theywahum
  8. يَحْسَبُونَthinkyaḥsabūna
  9. أَنَّهُمْthat theyannahum
  10. يُحْسِنُونَ(were) acquiring goodyuḥ'sinūna
  11. صُنْعًا(in) workṣun'ʿan

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