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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 59

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Without diacritics

فبدل الذين ظلموا قولا غير الذي قيل لهم فانزلنا على الذين ظلموا رجزا من السماء بما كانوا يفسقون

But the transgressors Changed the word from that Which had been given them; So We sent on the transgressors A plague from heaven, For that they infringed (Our command) repeatedly.

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  • Verse 59 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 9

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  1. فَبَدَّلَBut changedfabaddala
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ظَلَمُوا۟wrongedẓalamū
  4. قَوْلًا(the) wordqawlan
  5. غَيْرَother (than)ghayra
  6. ٱلَّذِى(that) whichalladhī
  7. قِيلَwas saidqīla
  8. لَهُمْto themlahum
  9. فَأَنزَلْنَاso We sent downfa-anzalnā
  10. عَلَىuponʿalā
  11. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  12. ظَلَمُوا۟wrongedẓalamū
  13. رِجْزًۭاa punishmentrij'zan
  14. مِّنَfrommina
  15. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  16. بِمَاbecausebimā
  17. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  18. يَفْسُقُونَdefiantly disobeyingyafsuqūna

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