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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qasas, verse 78

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قال انما اوتيته على علم عندي اولم يعلم ان الله قد اهلك من قبله من القرون من هو اشد منه قوة واكثر جمعا ولا يسال عن ذنوبهم المجرمون

He said: "This has been given To me because of a certain Knowledge which I have." Did he not know that God Had destroyed, before him, (Whole) generations,—which were Superior to him in strength And greater in the amount (Of riches) they had collected? But the wicked are not Called (immediately) to account For their sins.

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  • Verse 78 of 88
  • Juz 20
  • Page 395

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamā
  3. أُوتِيتُهُۥI have been given itūtītuhu
  4. عَلَىٰon (account)ʿalā
  5. عِلْمٍ(of) knowledgeʿil'min
  6. عِندِىٓ ۚI haveʿindī
  7. أَوَلَمْDid notawalam
  8. يَعْلَمْhe knowyaʿlam
  9. أَنَّthatanna
  10. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  11. قَدْindeedqad
  12. أَهْلَكَdestroyedahlaka
  13. مِنbefore himmin
  14. قَبْلِهِۦbefore himqablihi
  15. مِنَofmina
  16. ٱلْقُرُونِthe generationsl-qurūni
  17. مَنْwhoman
  18. هُوَ[they]huwa
  19. أَشَدُّ(were) strongerashaddu
  20. مِنْهُthan himmin'hu
  21. قُوَّةًۭ(in) strengthquwwatan
  22. وَأَكْثَرُand greaterwa-aktharu
  23. جَمْعًۭا ۚ(in) accumulationjamʿan
  24. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  25. يُسْـَٔلُwill be questionedyus'alu
  26. عَنaboutʿan
  27. ذُنُوبِهِمُtheir sinsdhunūbihimu
  28. ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَthe criminalsl-muj'rimūna

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