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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anbya, verse 39

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Without diacritics

لو يعلم الذين كفروا حين لا يكفون عن وجوههم النار ولا عن ظهورهم ولا هم ينصرون

If only the Unbelievers Knew (the time) when they Will not be able To ward off the Fire From their faces, nor yet From their backs, and (when) No help can reach them!

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  • Verse 39 of 112
  • Juz 17
  • Page 325

Word by word

  1. لَوْIflaw
  2. يَعْلَمُknewyaʿlamu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُوا۟disbelievedkafarū
  5. حِينَ(the) timeḥīna
  6. لَا(when) notlā
  7. يَكُفُّونَthey will avertyakuffūna
  8. عَنfromʿan
  9. وُجُوهِهِمُtheir faceswujūhihimu
  10. ٱلنَّارَthe Firel-nāra
  11. وَلَاand notwalā
  12. عَنfromʿan
  13. ظُهُورِهِمْtheir backsẓuhūrihim
  14. وَلَاand notwalā
  15. هُمْtheyhum
  16. يُنصَرُونَwill be helpedyunṣarūna

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