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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qasas, verse 47

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Without diacritics

ولولا ان تصيبهم مصيبة بما قدمت ايديهم فيقولوا ربنا لولا ارسلت الينا رسولا فنتبع اياتك ونكون من المؤمنين

If (We had) not (sent thee To the Quraish),—in case A calamity should seize them For (the deeds) that their hands Have sent forth, they might say: "Our Lord! why didst Thou not Send us an apostle? We Should then have followed Thy Signs and been amongst Those who believe!"

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  • Verse 47 of 88
  • Juz 20
  • Page 391

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْلَآAnd if notwalawlā
  2. أَن[that]an
  3. تُصِيبَهُمstruck themtuṣībahum
  4. مُّصِيبَةٌۢa disastermuṣībatun
  5. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  6. قَدَّمَتْhad sent forthqaddamat
  7. أَيْدِيهِمْtheir handsaydīhim
  8. فَيَقُولُوا۟and they would sayfayaqūlū
  9. رَبَّنَاOur Lordrabbanā
  10. لَوْلَآWhy notlawlā
  11. أَرْسَلْتَYou sentarsalta
  12. إِلَيْنَاto usilaynā
  13. رَسُولًۭاa Messengerrasūlan
  14. فَنَتَّبِعَso we (could have) followedfanattabiʿa
  15. ءَايَـٰتِكَYour Versesāyātika
  16. وَنَكُونَand we (would) have beenwanakūna
  17. مِنَofmina
  18. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَthe believersl-mu'minīna

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