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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Naml, verse 48

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وكان في المدينة تسعة رهط يفسدون في الارض ولا يصلحون

There were in the City Nine men of a family, Who made mischief in the land, And would not reform.

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  • Verse 48 of 93
  • Juz 19
  • Page 381

Word by word

  1. وَكَانَAnd werewakāna
  2. فِىinfī
  3. ٱلْمَدِينَةِthe cityl-madīnati
  4. تِسْعَةُninetis'ʿatu
  5. رَهْطٍۢfamily headsrahṭin
  6. يُفْسِدُونَthey were spreading corruptionyuf'sidūna
  7. فِىinfī
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِthe landl-arḍi
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. يُصْلِحُونَreformingyuṣ'liḥūna

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