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Quran Maqasid

Surah Taha, verse 87

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قالوا ما اخلفنا موعدك بملكنا ولكنا حملنا اوزارا من زينة القوم فقذفناها فكذلك القى السامري

They said: "We broke not The promise to thee, as far As lay in our power: But we were made to carry The weight of the ornaments Of the (whole) people, and we Threw them (into the fire), And that was what The Sāmirī suggested.

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  • Verse 87 of 135
  • Juz 16
  • Page 317

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  2. مَآNotmā
  3. أَخْلَفْنَاwe brokeakhlafnā
  4. مَوْعِدَكَpromise to youmawʿidaka
  5. بِمَلْكِنَاby our willbimalkinā
  6. وَلَـٰكِنَّاbut wewalākinnā
  7. حُمِّلْنَآ[we] were made to carryḥummil'nā
  8. أَوْزَارًۭاburdensawzāran
  9. مِّنfrommin
  10. زِينَةِornamentszīnati
  11. ٱلْقَوْمِ(of) the peoplel-qawmi
  12. فَقَذَفْنَـٰهَاso we threw themfaqadhafnāhā
  13. فَكَذَٰلِكَand thusfakadhālika
  14. أَلْقَىthrewalqā
  15. ٱلسَّامِرِىُّthe Samiril-sāmiriyu

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