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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 259

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او كالذي مر على قرية وهي خاوية على عروشها قال انى يحيي هذه الله بعد موتها فاماته الله مائة عام ثم بعثه قال كم لبثت قال لبثت يوما او بعض يوم قال بل لبثت مائة عام فانظر الى طعامك وشرابك لم يتسنه وانظر الى حمارك ولنجعلك اية للناس وانظر الى العظام كيف ننشزها ثم نكسوها لحما فلما تبين له قال اعلم ان الله على كل شيء قدير

Or (take) the similitude Of one who passed By a hamlet, all in ruins To its roofs. He said: "Oh! how shall God Bring it (ever) to life, After (this) its death?" But God caused him To die for a hundred years, Then raised him up (again). He said: "How long Didst thou tarry (thus)?" He said: "(Perhaps) a day Or part of a day." He said: "Nay, thou hast tarried Thus a hundred years; But look at thy food And thy drink; they show No signs of age; and look At thy donkey: and that We may make of thee A Sign unto the people, Look further at the bones, How We bring them together And clothe them with flesh." When this was shown clearly To him, he said: "I know That God hath power Over all things."

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  • Verse 259 of 286
  • Juz 3
  • Page 43

Word by word

  1. أَوْOraw
  2. كَٱلَّذِىlike the one whoka-alladhī
  3. مَرَّpassedmarra
  4. عَلَىٰbyʿalā
  5. قَرْيَةٍۢa townshipqaryatin
  6. وَهِىَand itwahiya
  7. خَاوِيَةٌ(had) overturnedkhāwiyatun
  8. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  9. عُرُوشِهَاits roofsʿurūshihā
  10. قَالَHe saidqāla
  11. أَنَّىٰHowannā
  12. يُحْىِۦ(will) bring to lifeyuḥ'yī
  13. هَـٰذِهِthis (town)hādhihi
  14. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  15. بَعْدَafterbaʿda
  16. مَوْتِهَا ۖits deathmawtihā
  17. فَأَمَاتَهُThen he was made to diefa-amātahu
  18. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  19. مِا۟ئَةَ(for) a hundredmi-ata
  20. عَامٍۢyear(s)ʿāmin
  21. ثُمَّthenthumma
  22. بَعَثَهُۥ ۖHe raised himbaʿathahu
  23. قَالَHe saidqāla
  24. كَمْHow longkam
  25. لَبِثْتَ ۖ(have) you remainedlabith'ta
  26. قَالَHe saidqāla
  27. لَبِثْتُI remainedlabith'tu
  28. يَوْمًا(for) a dayyawman
  29. أَوْoraw
  30. بَعْضَa partbaʿḍa
  31. يَوْمٍۢ ۖ(of) a dayyawmin
  32. قَالَHe saidqāla
  33. بَلNaybal
  34. لَّبِثْتَyou (have) remainedlabith'ta
  35. مِا۟ئَةَone hundredmi-ata
  36. عَامٍۢyear(s)ʿāmin
  37. فَٱنظُرْThen lookfa-unẓur
  38. إِلَىٰatilā
  39. طَعَامِكَyour foodṭaʿāmika
  40. وَشَرَابِكَand your drinkwasharābika
  41. لَمْ(they did) notlam
  42. يَتَسَنَّهْ ۖchange with timeyatasannah
  43. وَٱنظُرْand lookwa-unẓur
  44. إِلَىٰatilā
  45. حِمَارِكَyour donkeyḥimārika
  46. وَلِنَجْعَلَكَand We will make youwalinajʿalaka
  47. ءَايَةًۭa signāyatan
  48. لِّلنَّاسِ ۖfor the peoplelilnnāsi
  49. وَٱنظُرْAnd lookwa-unẓur
  50. إِلَىatilā
  51. ٱلْعِظَامِthe bonesl-ʿiẓāmi
  52. كَيْفَhowkayfa
  53. نُنشِزُهَاWe raise themnunshizuhā
  54. ثُمَّthenthumma
  55. نَكْسُوهَاWe cover themnaksūhā
  56. لَحْمًۭا ۚ(with) fleshlaḥman
  57. فَلَمَّاThen whenfalammā
  58. تَبَيَّنَbecame cleartabayyana
  59. لَهُۥto himlahu
  60. قَالَhe saidqāla
  61. أَعْلَمُI knowaʿlamu
  62. أَنَّthatanna
  63. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  64. عَلَىٰ(is) onʿalā
  65. كُلِّeverykulli
  66. شَىْءٍۢthingshayin
  67. قَدِيرٌۭAll-Powerfulqadīrun

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