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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 86

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Without diacritics

حتى اذا بلغ مغرب الشمس وجدها تغرب في عين حمئة ووجد عندها قوما قلنا يا ذا القرنين اما ان تعذب واما ان تتخذ فيهم حسنا

Until, when he reached The setting of the sun, He found it set In a spring of murky water: Near it he found a People: We said: "O Ẓul-qarnain! (Thou hast authority,) either To punish them, or To treat them with kindness."

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  • Verse 86 of 110
  • Juz 16
  • Page 303

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓUntilḥattā
  2. إِذَاwhenidhā
  3. بَلَغَhe reachedbalagha
  4. مَغْرِبَ(the) setting placemaghriba
  5. ٱلشَّمْسِ(of) the sunl-shamsi
  6. وَجَدَهَاhe found itwajadahā
  7. تَغْرُبُsettingtaghrubu
  8. فِىinfī
  9. عَيْنٍa springʿaynin
  10. حَمِئَةٍۢ(of) dark mudḥami-atin
  11. وَوَجَدَand he foundwawajada
  12. عِندَهَاnear itʿindahā
  13. قَوْمًۭا ۗa communityqawman
  14. قُلْنَاWe saidqul'nā
  15. يَـٰذَاO Dhul-qarnainyādhā
  16. ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِO Dhul-qarnainl-qarnayni
  17. إِمَّآEitherimmā
  18. أَن[that]an
  19. تُعَذِّبَyou punishtuʿadhiba
  20. وَإِمَّآorwa-immā
  21. أَن[that]an
  22. تَتَّخِذَyou taketattakhidha
  23. فِيهِمْ[in] themfīhim
  24. حُسْنًۭا(with) goodnessḥus'nan

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