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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 19

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او كصيب من السماء فيه ظلمات ورعد وبرق يجعلون اصابعهم في اذانهم من الصواعق حذر الموت والله محيط بالكافرين

Or (another similitude) Is that of a rain-laden cloud From the sky: in it are zones Of darkness, and thunder and lightning: They press their fingers in their ears To keep out the stunning thunder-clap, The while they are in terror of death. But God is ever round The rejecters of Faith!

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  • Verse 19 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 4

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  1. أَوْOraw
  2. كَصَيِّبٍۢlike a rainstormkaṣayyibin
  3. مِّنَfrommina
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  5. فِيهِin it (are)fīhi
  6. ظُلُمَـٰتٌۭdarkness[es]ẓulumātun
  7. وَرَعْدٌۭand thunderwaraʿdun
  8. وَبَرْقٌۭand lightningwabarqun
  9. يَجْعَلُونَThey putyajʿalūna
  10. أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْtheir fingersaṣābiʿahum
  11. فِىٓinfī
  12. ءَاذَانِهِمtheir earsādhānihim
  13. مِّنَfrommina
  14. ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِthe thunderclapsl-ṣawāʿiqi
  15. حَذَرَ(in) fear (of)ḥadhara
  16. ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ[the] deathl-mawti
  17. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  18. مُحِيطٌۢ(is) [the One Who] encompassesmuḥīṭun
  19. بِٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversbil-kāfirīna

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