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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 68

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Without diacritics

قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما هي قال انه يقول انها بقرة لا فارض ولا بكر عوان بين ذلك فافعلوا ما تؤمرون

They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us What (heifer) it is!" He said: "He says: the heifer Should be neither too old Nor too young, but of middling Age: now do what ye are commanded!"

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  • Verse 68 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 10

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  2. ٱدْعُPrayud'ʿu
  3. لَنَاfor uslanā
  4. رَبَّكَ(to) your Lordrabbaka
  5. يُبَيِّنto make clearyubayyin
  6. لَّنَاto uslanā
  7. مَاwhatmā
  8. هِىَ ۚit (is)hiya
  9. قَالَHe saidqāla
  10. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  11. يَقُولُsaysyaqūlu
  12. إِنَّهَا[Indeed] itinnahā
  13. بَقَرَةٌۭ(is) a cowbaqaratun
  14. لَّاnotlā
  15. فَارِضٌۭoldfāriḍun
  16. وَلَاand notwalā
  17. بِكْرٌyoungbik'run
  18. عَوَانٌۢmiddle agedʿawānun
  19. بَيْنَbetweenbayna
  20. ذَٰلِكَ ۖthatdhālika
  21. فَٱفْعَلُوا۟so dofa-if'ʿalū
  22. مَاwhatmā
  23. تُؤْمَرُونَyou are commandedtu'marūna

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