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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 17

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وترى الشمس اذا طلعت تزاور عن كهفهم ذات اليمين واذا غربت تقرضهم ذات الشمال وهم في فجوة منه ذلك من ايات الله من يهد الله فهو المهتد ومن يضلل فلن تجد له وليا مرشدا

Thou wouldst have seen The sun, when it rose, Declining to the right From their Cave, and when It set, turning away From them to the left, While they lay in the open Space in the midst Of the Cave. Such are Among the Signs of God: He whom God guides Is rightly guided; but he Whom God leaves to stray,— For him wilt thou find No protector to lead him To the Right Way.

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  • Verse 17 of 110
  • Juz 15
  • Page 295

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَتَرَىAnd you (might) have seenwatarā
  2. ٱلشَّمْسَthe sunl-shamsa
  3. إِذَاwhenidhā
  4. طَلَعَتit roseṭalaʿat
  5. تَّزَٰوَرُinclining awaytazāwaru
  6. عَنfromʿan
  7. كَهْفِهِمْtheir cavekahfihim
  8. ذَاتَtodhāta
  9. ٱلْيَمِينِthe rightl-yamīni
  10. وَإِذَاand whenwa-idhā
  11. غَرَبَتit setgharabat
  12. تَّقْرِضُهُمْpassing away from themtaqriḍuhum
  13. ذَاتَtodhāta
  14. ٱلشِّمَالِthe leftl-shimāli
  15. وَهُمْwhile theywahum
  16. فِى(lay) infī
  17. فَجْوَةٍۢthe open spacefajwatin
  18. مِّنْهُ ۚthereofmin'hu
  19. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  20. مِنْ(was) frommin
  21. ءَايَـٰتِ(the) Signsāyāti
  22. ٱللَّهِ ۗ(of) Allahl-lahi
  23. مَنWhoeverman
  24. يَهْدِAllah guidesyahdi
  25. ٱللَّهُAllah guidesl-lahu
  26. فَهُوَand hefahuwa
  27. ٱلْمُهْتَدِ ۖ(is) the guided onel-muh'tadi
  28. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  29. يُضْلِلْHe lets go astrayyuḍ'lil
  30. فَلَنthen neverfalan
  31. تَجِدَyou will findtajida
  32. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  33. وَلِيًّۭاa protectorwaliyyan
  34. مُّرْشِدًۭاa guidemur'shidan

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