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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 12

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ثم بعثناهم لنعلم اي الحزبين احصى لما لبثوا امدا

Then We roused them, In order to test which Of the two parties was best At calculating the term Of years they had tarried!

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  • Verse 12 of 110
  • Juz 15
  • Page 294

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  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْWe raised them upbaʿathnāhum
  3. لِنَعْلَمَthat We make evidentlinaʿlama
  4. أَىُّwhichayyu
  5. ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ(of) the two partiesl-ḥiz'bayni
  6. أَحْصَىٰbest calculatedaḥṣā
  7. لِمَاfor whatlimā
  8. لَبِثُوٓا۟(they had) remainedlabithū
  9. أَمَدًۭا(in) timeamadan

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