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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anbya, verse 11

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وكم قصمنا من قرية كانت ظالمة وانشانا بعدها قوما اخرين

How many were the populations We utterly destroyed because Of their iniquities, setting up In their places other peoples?

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  • Verse 11 of 112
  • Juz 17
  • Page 323

Word by word

  1. وَكَمْAnd how manywakam
  2. قَصَمْنَاWe (have) shatteredqaṣamnā
  3. مِنofmin
  4. قَرْيَةٍۢa townqaryatin
  5. كَانَتْ(that) waskānat
  6. ظَالِمَةًۭunjustẓālimatan
  7. وَأَنشَأْنَاand We producedwa-anshanā
  8. بَعْدَهَاafter thembaʿdahā
  9. قَوْمًاanother peopleqawman
  10. ءَاخَرِينَanother peopleākharīna

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