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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 65

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ولقد علمتم الذين اعتدوا منكم في السبت فقلنا لهم كونوا قردة خاسئين

And well ye knew Those amongst you Who transgressed In the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, Despised and rejected."

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  • Verse 65 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 10

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd indeedwalaqad
  2. عَلِمْتُمُyou knewʿalim'tumu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. ٱعْتَدَوْا۟transgressediʿ'tadaw
  5. مِنكُمْamong youminkum
  6. فِىinfī
  7. ٱلسَّبْتِthe (matter of) Sabbathl-sabti
  8. فَقُلْنَاSo We saidfaqul'nā
  9. لَهُمْto themlahum
  10. كُونُوا۟Bekūnū
  11. قِرَدَةًapesqiradatan
  12. خَـٰسِـِٔينَdespisedkhāsiīna

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