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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ash-Shu'ara, verse 63

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فاوحينا الى موسى ان اضرب بعصاك البحر فانفلق فكان كل فرق كالطود العظيم

Then We told Moses By inspiration: "Strike The sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each Separate part became Like the huge, firm mass Of a mountain.

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  • Verse 63 of 227
  • Juz 19
  • Page 370

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  1. فَأَوْحَيْنَآThen We inspiredfa-awḥaynā
  2. إِلَىٰtoilā
  3. مُوسَىٰٓMusamūsā
  4. أَنِ[that]ani
  5. ٱضْرِبStrikeiḍ'rib
  6. بِّعَصَاكَwith your staffbiʿaṣāka
  7. ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖthe seal-baḥra
  8. فَٱنفَلَقَSo it partedfa-infalaqa
  9. فَكَانَand becamefakāna
  10. كُلُّeachkullu
  11. فِرْقٍۢpartfir'qin
  12. كَٱلطَّوْدِlike the mountainkal-ṭawdi
  13. ٱلْعَظِيمِ[the] greatl-ʿaẓīmi

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