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Quran Maqasid

Surah Maryam, verse 74

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Without diacritics

وكم اهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هم احسن اثاثا ورئيا

But how many (countless) Generations before them Have We destroyed, Who were even better In equipment and in glitter To the eye?

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  • Verse 74 of 98
  • Juz 16
  • Page 310

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  1. وَكَمْAnd how manywakam
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
  3. قَبْلَهُمbefore themqablahum
  4. مِّنofmin
  5. قَرْنٍa generation qarnin
  6. هُمْtheyhum
  7. أَحْسَنُ(were) betteraḥsanu
  8. أَثَـٰثًۭا(in) possessionsathāthan
  9. وَرِءْيًۭاand appearancewari'yan

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