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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 14

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ولقد ارسلنا نوحا الى قومه فلبث فيهم الف سنة الا خمسين عاما فاخذهم الطوفان وهم ظالمون

We (once) sent Noah To his people, and he tarried Among them a thousand years Less fifty: but the Deluge Overwhelmed them while they (Persisted in) sin.

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  • Verse 14 of 69
  • Juz 20
  • Page 397

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd verilywalaqad
  2. أَرْسَلْنَاWe sentarsalnā
  3. نُوحًاNuhnūḥan
  4. إِلَىٰtoilā
  5. قَوْمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  6. فَلَبِثَand he remainedfalabitha
  7. فِيهِمْamong themfīhim
  8. أَلْفَa thousandalfa
  9. سَنَةٍyear(s)sanatin
  10. إِلَّاsaveillā
  11. خَمْسِينَfiftykhamsīna
  12. عَامًۭاyear(s)ʿāman
  13. فَأَخَذَهُمُthen seized themfa-akhadhahumu
  14. ٱلطُّوفَانُthe floodl-ṭūfānu
  15. وَهُمْwhile theywahum
  16. ظَـٰلِمُونَ(were) wrongdoersẓālimūna

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