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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 39

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وقارون وفرعون وهامان ولقد جاءهم موسى بالبينات فاستكبروا في الارض وما كانوا سابقين

(Remember also) Qārūn, Pharaoh, and Haman: there came To them Moses with Clear Signs, But they behaved with insolence On the earth; yet they Could not overreach (Us).

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  • Verse 39 of 69
  • Juz 20
  • Page 401

Word by word

  1. وَقَـٰرُونَAnd Qarunwaqārūna
  2. وَفِرْعَوْنَand Firaunwafir'ʿawna
  3. وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ ۖand Hamanwahāmāna
  4. وَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqad
  5. جَآءَهُمcame to themjāahum
  6. مُّوسَىٰMusamūsā
  7. بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِwith clear evidencesbil-bayināti
  8. فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟but they were arrogantfa-is'takbarū
  9. فِىinfī
  10. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  11. وَمَاand notwamā
  12. كَانُوا۟they couldkānū
  13. سَـٰبِقِينَoutstrip Ussābiqīna

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