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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 97

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Without diacritics

فما اسطاعوا ان يظهروه وما استطاعوا له نقبا

Thus were they made Powerless to scale it Or to dig through it.

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  • Verse 97 of 110
  • Juz 16
  • Page 303

Word by word

  1. فَمَاSo notfamā
  2. ٱسْطَـٰعُوٓا۟they were ableis'ṭāʿū
  3. أَنtoan
  4. يَظْهَرُوهُscale ityaẓharūhu
  5. وَمَاand notwamā
  6. ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟they were ableis'taṭāʿū
  7. لَهُۥin itlahu
  8. نَقْبًۭا(to do) any penetrationnaqban

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