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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 31

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Without diacritics

ولما جاءت رسلنا ابراهيم بالبشرى قالوا انا مهلكو اهل هذه القرية ان اهلها كانوا ظالمين

When Our Messengers came To Abraham with the good news, They said: "We are indeed Going to destroy the people Of this township: for truly They are (addicted to) crime."

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  • Verse 31 of 69
  • Juz 20
  • Page 400

Word by word

  1. وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammā
  2. جَآءَتْcamejāat
  3. رُسُلُنَآOur messengersrusulunā
  4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَ(to) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  5. بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰwith the glad tidingsbil-bush'rā
  6. قَالُوٓا۟they saidqālū
  7. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  8. مُهْلِكُوٓا۟(are) going to destroymuh'likū
  9. أَهْلِ(the) peopleahli
  10. هَـٰذِهِ(of) thishādhihi
  11. ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ۖtownl-qaryati
  12. إِنَّIndeedinna
  13. أَهْلَهَاits peopleahlahā
  14. كَانُوا۟arekānū
  15. ظَـٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna

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