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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 40

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فعسى ربي ان يؤتين خيرا من جنتك ويرسل عليها حسبانا من السماء فتصبح صعيدا زلقا

"It may be that my Lord Will give me something Better than thy garden, And that He will send On thy garden thunderbolts (By way of reckoning) From heaven, making it (But) slippery sand!—

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  • Verse 40 of 110
  • Juz 15
  • Page 298

Word by word

  1. فَعَسَىٰIt may befaʿasā
  2. رَبِّىٓthat my Lordrabbī
  3. أَنthat my Lordan
  4. يُؤْتِيَنِwill give meyu'tiyani
  5. خَيْرًۭاbetterkhayran
  6. مِّنthanmin
  7. جَنَّتِكَyour gardenjannatika
  8. وَيُرْسِلَand will sendwayur'sila
  9. عَلَيْهَاupon itʿalayhā
  10. حُسْبَانًۭاa calamityḥus'bānan
  11. مِّنَfrommina
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  13. فَتُصْبِحَthen it will becomefatuṣ'biḥa
  14. صَعِيدًۭاgroundṣaʿīdan
  15. زَلَقًاslipperyzalaqan

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