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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 45

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واضرب لهم مثل الحياة الدنيا كماء انزلناه من السماء فاختلط به نبات الارض فاصبح هشيما تذروه الرياح وكان الله على كل شيء مقتدرا

Set forth to them The similitude of the life Of this world: it is like The rain which We send Down from the skies: The earth's vegetation absorbs it, But soon it becomes Dry stubble, which the winds Do scatter: it is (only) God Who prevails over all things.

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  • Verse 45 of 110
  • Juz 15
  • Page 298

Word by word

  1. وَٱضْرِبْAnd presentwa-iḍ'rib
  2. لَهُمto themlahum
  3. مَّثَلَthe examplemathala
  4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ(of) the lifel-ḥayati
  5. ٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  6. كَمَآءٍlike waterkamāin
  7. أَنزَلْنَـٰهُwhich We send downanzalnāhu
  8. مِنَfrommina
  9. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  10. فَٱخْتَلَطَthen minglesfa-ikh'talaṭa
  11. بِهِۦwith itbihi
  12. نَبَاتُ(the) vegetationnabātu
  13. ٱلْأَرْضِ(of) the earthl-arḍi
  14. فَأَصْبَحَthen becomesfa-aṣbaḥa
  15. هَشِيمًۭاdry stalkshashīman
  16. تَذْرُوهُit (is) scatteredtadhrūhu
  17. ٱلرِّيَـٰحُ ۗ(by) the windsl-riyāḥu
  18. وَكَانَAnd Allahwakāna
  19. ٱللَّهُAnd Allahl-lahu
  20. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  21. كُلِّeverykulli
  22. شَىْءٍۢthingshayin
  23. مُّقْتَدِرًا(is) All Ablemuq'tadiran

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