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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 109

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Without diacritics

قل لو كان البحر مدادا لكلمات ربي لنفد البحر قبل ان تنفد كلمات ربي ولو جئنا بمثله مددا

Say: "If the ocean were Ink (wherewith to write out) The words of my Lord, Sooner would the ocean be Exhausted than would the words Of my Lord, even if we Added another ocean Like it, for its aid."

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  • Verse 109 of 110
  • Juz 16
  • Page 304

Word by word

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّوْIflaw
  3. كَانَwerekāna
  4. ٱلْبَحْرُthe seal-baḥru
  5. مِدَادًۭاinkmidādan
  6. لِّكَلِمَـٰتِfor (the) Wordslikalimāti
  7. رَبِّى(of) my Lordrabbī
  8. لَنَفِدَsurely (would be) exhaustedlanafida
  9. ٱلْبَحْرُthe seal-baḥru
  10. قَبْلَbeforeqabla
  11. أَن[that]an
  12. تَنفَدَ(were) exhaustedtanfada
  13. كَلِمَـٰتُ(the) Wordskalimātu
  14. رَبِّى(of) my Lordrabbī
  15. وَلَوْeven ifwalaw
  16. جِئْنَاWe broughtji'nā
  17. بِمِثْلِهِۦ(the) like (of) itbimith'lihi
  18. مَدَدًۭا(as) a supplementmadadan

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