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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 26

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قل الله اعلم بما لبثوا له غيب السماوات والارض ابصر به واسمع ما لهم من دونه من ولي ولا يشرك في حكمه احدا

Say: "God knows best How long they stayed: With Him is (the knowledge Of) the secrets of the heavens And the earth: how clearly He sees, how finely He hears (Everything)! They have no protector Other than Him; nor does He share His Command With any person whatsoever.

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  • Verse 26 of 110
  • Juz 15
  • Page 296

Word by word

  1. قُلِSayquli
  2. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  3. أَعْلَمُknows bestaʿlamu
  4. بِمَاabout what (period)bimā
  5. لَبِثُوا۟ ۖthey remainedlabithū
  6. لَهُۥFor Himlahu
  7. غَيْبُ(is the) unseenghaybu
  8. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti
  9. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖand the earthwal-arḍi
  10. أَبْصِرْHow clearly He seesabṣir
  11. بِهِۦ[of it]bihi
  12. وَأَسْمِعْ ۚAnd how clearly He hearswa-asmiʿ
  13. مَاNotmā
  14. لَهُمfor themlahum
  15. مِّنbesides Himmin
  16. دُونِهِۦbesides Himdūnihi
  17. مِنanymin
  18. وَلِىٍّۢprotectorwaliyyin
  19. وَلَاand notwalā
  20. يُشْرِكُHe sharesyush'riku
  21. فِى[in]fī
  22. حُكْمِهِۦٓHis Commandsḥuk'mihi
  23. أَحَدًۭا(with) anyoneaḥadan

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