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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 20

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يكاد البرق يخطف ابصارهم كلما اضاء لهم مشوا فيه واذا اظلم عليهم قاموا ولو شاء الله لذهب بسمعهم وابصارهم ان الله على كل شيء قدير

The lightning all but snatches away Their sight; every time the light (Helps) them, they walk therein, And when the darkness grows on them, They stand still. And if God willed, He could take away Their faculty of hearing and seeing; For God hath power over all things

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  1. يَكَادُAlmostyakādu
  2. ٱلْبَرْقُthe lightningl-barqu
  3. يَخْطَفُsnatches awayyakhṭafu
  4. أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ۖtheir sightabṣārahum
  5. كُلَّمَآWheneverkullamā
  6. أَضَآءَit flashesaḍāa
  7. لَهُمfor themlahum
  8. مَّشَوْا۟they walkmashaw
  9. فِيهِin itfīhi
  10. وَإِذَآand whenwa-idhā
  11. أَظْلَمَit darkensaẓlama
  12. عَلَيْهِمْon themʿalayhim
  13. قَامُوا۟ ۚthey stand (still)qāmū
  14. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  15. شَآءَhad willedshāa
  16. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  17. لَذَهَبَHe would certainly have taken awayladhahaba
  18. بِسَمْعِهِمْtheir hearingbisamʿihim
  19. وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۚand their sightwa-abṣārihim
  20. إِنَّIndeedinna
  21. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  22. عَلَىٰ(is) onʿalā
  23. كُلِّeverykulli
  24. شَىْءٍۢthingshayin
  25. قَدِيرٌۭAll-Powerfulqadīrun

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