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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 69

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قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما لونها قال انه يقول انها بقرة صفراء فاقع لونها تسر الناظرين

They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us Her colour." He said: "He says: A fawn-coloured heifer, Pure and rich in tone, The admiration of beholders!"

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  • Verse 69 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. لَوْنُهَا ۚ(is) its colorlawnuhā
  9. قَالَHe saidqāla
  10. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  11. يَقُولُsaysyaqūlu
  12. إِنَّهَا'[Indeed] it isinnahā
  13. بَقَرَةٌۭa cowbaqaratun
  14. صَفْرَآءُyellowṣafrāu
  15. فَاقِعٌۭbrightfāqiʿun
  16. لَّوْنُهَا(in) its colorlawnuhā
  17. تَسُرُّpleasingtasurru
  18. ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَ(to) those who see (it).'l-nāẓirīna

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