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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ar-Rum, verse 9

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اولم يسيروا في الارض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين من قبلهم كانوا اشد منهم قوة واثاروا الارض وعمروها اكثر مما عمروها وجاءتهم رسلهم بالبينات فما كان الله ليظلمهم ولكن كانوا انفسهم يظلمون

Do they not travel Through the earth, and see What was the End Of those before them? They were superior to them In strength: they tilled The soil and populated it In greater numbers than these Have done: there came to them Their apostles with Clear (Signs), (Which they rejected, to their Own destruction): it was not God who wronged them, but They wronged their own souls.

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  • Verse 9 of 60
  • Juz 21
  • Page 405

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  1. أَوَلَمْHave notawalam
  2. يَسِيرُوا۟they traveledyasīrū
  3. فِىinfī
  4. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  5. فَيَنظُرُوا۟and observedfayanẓurū
  6. كَيْفَhowkayfa
  7. كَانَwaskāna
  8. عَـٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) thosealladhīna
  10. مِنbefore themmin
  11. قَبْلِهِمْ ۚbefore themqablihim
  12. كَانُوٓا۟They werekānū
  13. أَشَدَّmightierashadda
  14. مِنْهُمْthan themmin'hum
  15. قُوَّةًۭ(in) strengthquwwatan
  16. وَأَثَارُوا۟and they dugwa-athārū
  17. ٱلْأَرْضَthe earthl-arḍa
  18. وَعَمَرُوهَآand built (on) itwaʿamarūhā
  19. أَكْثَرَmoreakthara
  20. مِمَّاthan whatmimmā
  21. عَمَرُوهَاthey have built (on) itʿamarūhā
  22. وَجَآءَتْهُمْAnd came (to) themwajāathum
  23. رُسُلُهُمtheir Messengersrusuluhum
  24. بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ ۖwith clear proofsbil-bayināti
  25. فَمَاSo notfamā
  26. كَانَwaskāna
  27. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  28. لِيَظْلِمَهُمْto wrong themliyaẓlimahum
  29. وَلَـٰكِنbutwalākin
  30. كَانُوٓا۟they werekānū
  31. أَنفُسَهُمْthemselvesanfusahum
  32. يَظْلِمُونَ(doing) wrongyaẓlimūna

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