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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Hajj, verse 45

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فكاين من قرية اهلكناها وهي ظالمة فهي خاوية على عروشها وبئر معطلة وقصر مشيد

How many populations have We Destroyed, which were given To wrong-doing? They tumbled down On their roofs. And how many Wells are lying idle and neglected, And castles lofty and well-built?

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  • Verse 45 of 78
  • Juz 17
  • Page 337

Word by word

  1. فَكَأَيِّنAnd how manyfaka-ayyin
  2. مِّنofmin
  3. قَرْيَةٍa townshipqaryatin
  4. أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَاWe have destroyed itahlaknāhā
  5. وَهِىَwhile itwahiya
  6. ظَالِمَةٌۭwas doing wrongẓālimatun
  7. فَهِىَso itfahiya
  8. خَاوِيَةٌfellkhāwiyatun
  9. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  10. عُرُوشِهَاits roofsʿurūshihā
  11. وَبِئْرٍۢand wellwabi'rin
  12. مُّعَطَّلَةٍۢabandonedmuʿaṭṭalatin
  13. وَقَصْرٍۢand castlewaqaṣrin
  14. مَّشِيدٍloftymashīdin

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