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Quran Maqasid

Surah Maryam, verse 98

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Without diacritics

وكم اهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هل تحس منهم من احد او تسمع لهم ركزا

But how many (countless) Generations before them Have We destroyed? Canst thou Find a single one of them (Now) or hear. (so much As) a whisper of them?

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  • Verse 98 of 98
  • Juz 16
  • Page 312

Word by word

  1. وَكَمْAnd how manywakam
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاWe (have) destroyedahlaknā
  3. قَبْلَهُمbefore themqablahum
  4. مِّنofmin
  5. قَرْنٍa generationqarnin
  6. هَلْCanhal
  7. تُحِسُّyou perceivetuḥissu
  8. مِنْهُمof themmin'hum
  9. مِّنْanymin
  10. أَحَدٍoneaḥadin
  11. أَوْoraw
  12. تَسْمَعُheartasmaʿu
  13. لَهُمْfrom themlahum
  14. رِكْزًۢاa soundrik'zan

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