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Quran Maqasid

Surah Maryam, verse 23

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فاجاءها المخاض الى جذع النخلة قالت يا ليتني مت قبل هذا وكنت نسيا منسيا

And the pains of childbirth Drove her to the trunk Of a palm-tree: She cried (in her anguish): "Ah! would that I had Died before this! would that I had been a thing Forgotten and out of sight!"

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  • Verse 23 of 98
  • Juz 16
  • Page 306

Word by word

  1. فَأَجَآءَهَاThen drove herfa-ajāahā
  2. ٱلْمَخَاضُthe pains of childbirthl-makhāḍu
  3. إِلَىٰtoilā
  4. جِذْعِ(the) trunkjidh'ʿi
  5. ٱلنَّخْلَةِ(of) the date-palml-nakhlati
  6. قَالَتْShe saidqālat
  7. يَـٰلَيْتَنِىO! I wishyālaytanī
  8. مِتُّI (had) diedmittu
  9. قَبْلَbeforeqabla
  10. هَـٰذَاthishādhā
  11. وَكُنتُand I waswakuntu
  12. نَسْيًۭا(in) oblivionnasyan
  13. مَّنسِيًّۭاforgottenmansiyyan

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