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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anbya, verse 52

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اذ قال لابيه وقومه ما هذه التماثيل التي انتم لها عاكفون

Behold! he said To his father and his people "What are these images, To which ye are (So assiduously) devoted?"

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  • Verse 52 of 112
  • Juz 17
  • Page 326

Word by word

  1. إِذْWhenidh
  2. قَالَhe saidqāla
  3. لِأَبِيهِto his fatherli-abīhi
  4. وَقَوْمِهِۦand his peoplewaqawmihi
  5. مَاWhatmā
  6. هَـٰذِهِ(are) thesehādhihi
  7. ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ[the] statuesl-tamāthīlu
  8. ٱلَّتِىٓwhichallatī
  9. أَنتُمْyouantum
  10. لَهَاto itlahā
  11. عَـٰكِفُونَ(are) devotedʿākifūna

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