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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anbya, verse 8

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Without diacritics

وما جعلناهم جسدا لا ياكلون الطعام وما كانوا خالدين

Nor did We give them Bodies that ate no food, Nor were they exempt from death.

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  • Verse 8 of 112
  • Juz 17
  • Page 322

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  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. جَعَلْنَـٰهُمْWe made themjaʿalnāhum
  3. جَسَدًۭاbodiesjasadan
  4. لَّاnotlā
  5. يَأْكُلُونَeatingyakulūna
  6. ٱلطَّعَامَthe foodl-ṭaʿāma
  7. وَمَاand notwamā
  8. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  9. خَـٰلِدِينَimmortalskhālidīna

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