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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qasas, verse 58

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وكم اهلكنا من قرية بطرت معيشتها فتلك مساكنهم لم تسكن من بعدهم الا قليلا وكنا نحن الوارثين

And how many populations We destroyed, which exulted In their life (of ease and plenty)! Now those habitations of theirs, After them, are deserted,— All but a (miserable) few! And We are their heirs!"

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  • Verse 58 of 88
  • Juz 20
  • Page 392

Word by word

  1. وَكَمْAnd how manywakam
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاWe have destroyedahlaknā
  3. مِنofmin
  4. قَرْيَةٍۭa townqaryatin
  5. بَطِرَتْwhich exultedbaṭirat
  6. مَعِيشَتَهَا ۖ(in) its means of livelihoodmaʿīshatahā
  7. فَتِلْكَAnd thesefatil'ka
  8. مَسَـٰكِنُهُمْ(are) their dwellingsmasākinuhum
  9. لَمْnotlam
  10. تُسْكَنhave been inhabitedtus'kan
  11. مِّنۢafter themmin
  12. بَعْدِهِمْafter thembaʿdihim
  13. إِلَّاexceptillā
  14. قَلِيلًۭا ۖa littleqalīlan
  15. وَكُنَّاAnd indeed, [We]wakunnā
  16. نَحْنُWenaḥnu
  17. ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ(are) the inheritorsl-wārithīna

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