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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anbya, verse 22

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لو كان فيهما الهة الا الله لفسدتا فسبحان الله رب العرش عما يصفون

If there were, in the heavens And the earth, other gods Besides God, there would Have been confusion in both! But glory to God, The Lord of the Throne: (High is He) above What they attribute to Him!

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  • Verse 22 of 112
  • Juz 17
  • Page 323

Word by word

  1. لَوْIflaw
  2. كَانَ(there) werekāna
  3. فِيهِمَآin both of themfīhimā
  4. ءَالِهَةٌgodsālihatun
  5. إِلَّاbesidesillā
  6. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  7. لَفَسَدَتَا ۚsurely they (would) have been ruinedlafasadatā
  8. فَسُبْحَـٰنَSo glorifiedfasub'ḥāna
  9. ٱللَّهِ(is) Allahl-lahi
  10. رَبِّLordrabbi
  11. ٱلْعَرْشِ(of) the Thronel-ʿarshi
  12. عَمَّا(above) whatʿammā
  13. يَصِفُونَthey attributeyaṣifūna

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