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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anbya, verse 97

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واقترب الوعد الحق فاذا هي شاخصة ابصار الذين كفروا يا ويلنا قد كنا في غفلة من هذا بل كنا ظالمين

Then will the True Promise Draw nigh (of fulfilment): Then behold! the eyes Of the Unbelievers will Fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed Heedless of this; nay, we Truly did wrong!"

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  • Verse 97 of 112
  • Juz 17
  • Page 330

Word by word

  1. وَٱقْتَرَبَAnd has approachedwa-iq'taraba
  2. ٱلْوَعْدُthe promisel-waʿdu
  3. ٱلْحَقُّ[the] truel-ḥaqu
  4. فَإِذَاthen beholdfa-idhā
  5. هِىَ[it]hiya
  6. شَـٰخِصَةٌ(are) staringshākhiṣatun
  7. أَبْصَـٰرُ(the) eyesabṣāru
  8. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  9. كَفَرُوا۟disbelievedkafarū
  10. يَـٰوَيْلَنَاO woe to usyāwaylanā
  11. قَدْVerilyqad
  12. كُنَّاwe had beenkunnā
  13. فِىinfī
  14. غَفْلَةٍۢheedlessnessghaflatin
  15. مِّنْofmin
  16. هَـٰذَاthishādhā
  17. بَلْnaybal
  18. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  19. ظَـٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna

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