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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 49

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واذ نجيناكم من ال فرعون يسومونكم سوء العذاب يذبحون ابناءكم ويستحيون نساءكم وفي ذلكم بلاء من ربكم عظيم

And remember, We delivered you From the people of Pharaoh: they set you Hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered Your sons and let your women-folk live; Therein was a tremendous trial from your Lord.

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  • Verse 49 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 8

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. نَجَّيْنَـٰكُمWe saved younajjaynākum
  3. مِّنْfrommin
  4. ءَالِ(the) peopleāli
  5. فِرْعَوْنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  6. يَسُومُونَكُمْ(who were) afflicting you (with)yasūmūnakum
  7. سُوٓءَhorriblesūa
  8. ٱلْعَذَابِtormentl-ʿadhābi
  9. يُذَبِّحُونَslaughteringyudhabbiḥūna
  10. أَبْنَآءَكُمْyour sonsabnāakum
  11. وَيَسْتَحْيُونَand letting livewayastaḥyūna
  12. نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚyour womennisāakum
  13. وَفِىAnd inwafī
  14. ذَٰلِكُمthatdhālikum
  15. بَلَآءٌۭ(was) a trialbalāon
  16. مِّنfrommin
  17. رَّبِّكُمْyour Lordrabbikum
  18. عَظِيمٌۭgreatʿaẓīmun

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