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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Naml, verse 18

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حتى اذا اتوا على واد النمل قالت نملة يا ايها النمل ادخلوا مساكنكم لا يحطمنكم سليمان وجنوده وهم لا يشعرون

At length, when they came To a (lowly) valley of ants, One of the ants said: "O ye ants, get into Your habitations, lest Solomon And his hosts crush you (Under foot) without knowing it."

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  • Verse 18 of 93
  • Juz 19
  • Page 378

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓUntilḥattā
  2. إِذَآwhenidhā
  3. أَتَوْا۟they cameataw
  4. عَلَىٰtoʿalā
  5. وَادِ(the) valleywādi
  6. ٱلنَّمْلِ(of) the antsl-namli
  7. قَالَتْsaidqālat
  8. نَمْلَةٌۭan antnamlatun
  9. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  10. ٱلنَّمْلُantsl-namlu
  11. ٱدْخُلُوا۟Enterud'khulū
  12. مَسَـٰكِنَكُمْyour dwellingsmasākinakum
  13. لَاlest not crush youlā
  14. يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْlest not crush youyaḥṭimannakum
  15. سُلَيْمَـٰنُSulaimansulaymānu
  16. وَجُنُودُهُۥand his hostswajunūduhu
  17. وَهُمْwhile theywahum
  18. لَا(do) not perceivelā
  19. يَشْعُرُونَ(do) not perceiveyashʿurūna

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