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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qasas, verse 59

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Without diacritics

وما كان ربك مهلك القرى حتى يبعث في امها رسولا يتلو عليهم اياتنا وما كنا مهلكي القرى الا واهلها ظالمون

Nor was thy Lord the one To destroy a population until He had sent to its Centre An apostle, rehearsing to them Our Signs; nor are We Going to destroy a population Except when its members Practise iniquity.

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  • Verse 59 of 88
  • Juz 20
  • Page 392

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَwaskāna
  3. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  4. مُهْلِكَ(the) one to destroymuh'lika
  5. ٱلْقُرَىٰthe townsl-qurā
  6. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  7. يَبْعَثَHe (had) sentyabʿatha
  8. فِىٓinfī
  9. أُمِّهَاtheir mother (town)ummihā
  10. رَسُولًۭاa Messengerrasūlan
  11. يَتْلُوا۟recitingyatlū
  12. عَلَيْهِمْto themʿalayhim
  13. ءَايَـٰتِنَا ۚOur Versesāyātinā
  14. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  15. كُنَّاWe would bekunnā
  16. مُهْلِكِى(the) one to destroymuh'likī
  17. ٱلْقُرَىٰٓthe townsl-qurā
  18. إِلَّاexceptillā
  19. وَأَهْلُهَاwhile their peoplewa-ahluhā
  20. ظَـٰلِمُونَ(were) wrongdoersẓālimūna

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