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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Naml, verse 49

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قالوا تقاسموا بالله لنبيتنه واهله ثم لنقولن لوليه ما شهدنا مهلك اهله وانا لصادقون

They said: "Swear A mutual oath by God That we shall make A secret night attack On him and his people, And that we shall then Say to his heir (when he Seeks vengeance), 'We were not Present at the slaughter Of his people, and we are Positively telling the truth'."

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  • Verse 49 of 93
  • Juz 19
  • Page 381

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  2. تَقَاسَمُوا۟Swear to each othertaqāsamū
  3. بِٱللَّهِby Allahbil-lahi
  4. لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥsurely, we will attack him by nightlanubayyitannahu
  5. وَأَهْلَهُۥand his familywa-ahlahu
  6. ثُمَّThenthumma
  7. لَنَقُولَنَّwe will surely saylanaqūlanna
  8. لِوَلِيِّهِۦto his heirliwaliyyihi
  9. مَاNotmā
  10. شَهِدْنَاwe witnessedshahid'nā
  11. مَهْلِكَ(the) destructionmahlika
  12. أَهْلِهِۦ(of) his familyahlihi
  13. وَإِنَّاand indeed, wewa-innā
  14. لَصَـٰدِقُونَ(are) surely truthfullaṣādiqūna

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