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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Naml, verse 42

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فلما جاءت قيل اهكذا عرشك قالت كانه هو واوتينا العلم من قبلها وكنا مسلمين

So when she arrived, She was asked, "Is this Thy throne?" She said, "It was just like this; And knowledge was bestowed On us in advance of this, And we have submitted To God (in Islam)."

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  • Verse 42 of 93
  • Juz 19
  • Page 380

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
  2. جَآءَتْshe camejāat
  3. قِيلَit was saidqīla
  4. أَهَـٰكَذَاIs like thisahākadhā
  5. عَرْشُكِ ۖyour throneʿarshuki
  6. قَالَتْShe saidqālat
  7. كَأَنَّهُۥIt is likeka-annahu
  8. هُوَ ۚithuwa
  9. وَأُوتِينَاAnd we were givenwaūtīnā
  10. ٱلْعِلْمَthe knowledgel-ʿil'ma
  11. مِنbefore hermin
  12. قَبْلِهَاbefore herqablihā
  13. وَكُنَّاand we have beenwakunnā
  14. مُسْلِمِينَMuslimsmus'limīna

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