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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Naml, verse 68

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لقد وعدنا هذا نحن واباؤنا من قبل ان هذا الا اساطير الاولين

"It is true we were promised This,—we and our fathers Before (us): these are nothing But tales of the ancients."

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  • Verse 68 of 93
  • Juz 20
  • Page 383

Word by word

  1. لَقَدْCertainlylaqad
  2. وُعِدْنَاwe have been promisedwuʿid'nā
  3. هَـٰذَاthishādhā
  4. نَحْنُwenaḥnu
  5. وَءَابَآؤُنَاand our forefatherswaābāunā
  6. مِنbeforemin
  7. قَبْلُbeforeqablu
  8. إِنْNotin
  9. هَـٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  10. إِلَّآexceptillā
  11. أَسَـٰطِيرُtalesasāṭīru
  12. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna

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