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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 79

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Without diacritics

اما السفينة فكانت لمساكين يعملون في البحر فاردت ان اعيبها وكان وراءهم ملك ياخذ كل سفينة غصبا

"As for the boat, It belonged to certain Men in dire want: They plied on the water: I but wished to render it Unserviceable, for there was After them a certain king Who seized on every boat By force.

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  • Verse 79 of 110
  • Juz 16
  • Page 302

Word by word

  1. أَمَّاAs forammā
  2. ٱلسَّفِينَةُthe shipl-safīnatu
  3. فَكَانَتْit wasfakānat
  4. لِمَسَـٰكِينَof (the) poor peoplelimasākīna
  5. يَعْمَلُونَworkingyaʿmalūna
  6. فِىinfī
  7. ٱلْبَحْرِthe seal-baḥri
  8. فَأَرَدتُّSo I intendedfa-aradttu
  9. أَنْthatan
  10. أَعِيبَهَاI cause defect (in) itaʿībahā
  11. وَكَانَ(as there) waswakāna
  12. وَرَآءَهُمafter themwarāahum
  13. مَّلِكٌۭa kingmalikun
  14. يَأْخُذُwho seizedyakhudhu
  15. كُلَّeverykulla
  16. سَفِينَةٍshipsafīnatin
  17. غَصْبًۭا(by) forceghaṣban

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