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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 53

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ويستعجلونك بالعذاب ولولا اجل مسمى لجاءهم العذاب ولياتينهم بغتة وهم لا يشعرون

They ask thee To hasten on the Punishment (For them): had it not been For a term (of respite) Appointed, the Punishment Would certainly have come To them: and it will Certainly reach them,— Of a sudden, while they Perceive not!

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  • Verse 53 of 69
  • Juz 21
  • Page 403

Word by word

  1. وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَAnd they ask you to hastenwayastaʿjilūnaka
  2. بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ[with] the punishmentbil-ʿadhābi
  3. وَلَوْلَآAnd if notwalawlā
  4. أَجَلٌۭ(for) a termajalun
  5. مُّسَمًّۭىappointedmusamman
  6. لَّجَآءَهُمُsurely (would) have come to themlajāahumu
  7. ٱلْعَذَابُthe punishmentl-ʿadhābu
  8. وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُمBut it will surely come to themwalayatiyannahum
  9. بَغْتَةًۭsuddenlybaghtatan
  10. وَهُمْwhile theywahum
  11. لَا(do) notlā
  12. يَشْعُرُونَperceiveyashʿurūna

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