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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 55

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واذ قلتم يا موسى لن نؤمن لك حتى نرى الله جهرة فاخذتكم الصاعقة وانتم تنظرون

And remember ye said: "O Moses! We shall never believe in thee Until we see God manifestly," But ye were dazed With thunder and lightning Even as ye looked on.

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  • Verse 55 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 8

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قُلْتُمْyou saidqul'tum
  3. يَـٰمُوسَىٰO Musayāmūsā
  4. لَنNeverlan
  5. نُّؤْمِنَ(will) we believenu'mina
  6. لَكَin youlaka
  7. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  8. نَرَىwe seenarā
  9. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  10. جَهْرَةًۭmanifestlyjahratan
  11. فَأَخَذَتْكُمُSo seized youfa-akhadhatkumu
  12. ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُthe thunderboltl-ṣāʿiqatu
  13. وَأَنتُمْwhile youwa-antum
  14. تَنظُرُونَ(were) lookingtanẓurūna

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