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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 70

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قالوا ادع لنا ربك يبين لنا ما هي ان البقر تشابه علينا وانا ان شاء الله لمهتدون

They said: "Beseech on our behalf Thy Lord to make plain to us What she is: to us are all heifers Alike: we wish indeed for guidance, If God wills."

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  • Verse 70 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 11

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. هِىَit (is)hiya
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. ٱلْبَقَرَ[the] cowsl-baqara
  11. تَشَـٰبَهَlook aliketashābaha
  12. عَلَيْنَاto usʿalaynā
  13. وَإِنَّآAnd indeed wewa-innā
  14. إِنifin
  15. شَآءَwillsshāa
  16. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  17. لَمُهْتَدُونَ(will) surely be those who are guidedlamuh'tadūna

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