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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 15

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ولقد كانوا عاهدوا الله من قبل لا يولون الادبار وكان عهد الله مسئولا

And yet they had already Covenanted with God not to turn Their backs, and a covenant With God must (surely) Be answered for.

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  • Verse 15 of 73
  • Juz 21
  • Page 419

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. كَانُوا۟they hadkānū
  3. عَـٰهَدُوا۟promisedʿāhadū
  4. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  5. مِنbeforemin
  6. قَبْلُbeforeqablu
  7. لَاnotlā
  8. يُوَلُّونَthey would turnyuwallūna
  9. ٱلْأَدْبَـٰرَ ۚtheir backsl-adbāra
  10. وَكَانَAnd iswakāna
  11. عَهْدُ(the) promiseʿahdu
  12. ٱللَّهِ(to) Allahl-lahi
  13. مَسْـُٔولًۭاto be questionedmasūlan

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