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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 165

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Without diacritics

اولما اصابتكم مصيبة قد اصبتم مثليها قلتم انى هذا قل هو من عند انفسكم ان الله على كل شيء قدير

What! When a single Disaster smites you, Although ye smote (your enemies) With one twice as great, Do ye say?— "Whence is this?" Say (to them): "It is from yourselves: For God hath power Over all things."

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  • Verse 165 of 200
  • Juz 4
  • Page 71

Word by word

  1. أَوَلَمَّآOr whenawalammā
  2. أَصَـٰبَتْكُمstruck youaṣābatkum
  3. مُّصِيبَةٌۭdisastermuṣībatun
  4. قَدْsurelyqad
  5. أَصَبْتُمyou (had) struck (them)aṣabtum
  6. مِّثْلَيْهَاtwice of itmith'layhā
  7. قُلْتُمْyou saidqul'tum
  8. أَنَّىٰFrom whereannā
  9. هَـٰذَا ۖ(is) thishādhā
  10. قُلْSayqul
  11. هُوَIthuwa
  12. مِنْ(is)min
  13. عِندِfromʿindi
  14. أَنفُسِكُمْ ۗyourselvesanfusikum
  15. إِنَّIndeedinna
  16. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  17. عَلَىٰ(is) onʿalā
  18. كُلِّeverykulli
  19. شَىْءٍۢthingshayin
  20. قَدِيرٌۭAll-Powerfulqadīrun

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