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Quran Maqasid

Surah Saba, verse 14

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فلما قضينا عليه الموت ما دلهم على موته الا دابة الارض تاكل منساته فلما خر تبينت الجن ان لو كانوا يعلمون الغيب ما لبثوا في العذاب المهين

Then, when We decreed (Solomon's) death, nothing showed them His death except a little Worm of the earth, which Kept (slowly) gnawing away At his staff: so when he Fell down, the Jinns saw Plainly that if they had Known the unseen, they Would not have tarried In the humiliating Penalty (Of their Task).

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  • Verse 14 of 54
  • Juz 22
  • Page 429

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاThen whenfalammā
  2. قَضَيْنَاWe decreedqaḍaynā
  3. عَلَيْهِfor himʿalayhi
  4. ٱلْمَوْتَthe deathl-mawta
  5. مَاnotmā
  6. دَلَّهُمْindicated to themdallahum
  7. عَلَىٰ[on]ʿalā
  8. مَوْتِهِۦٓhis deathmawtihi
  9. إِلَّاexceptillā
  10. دَآبَّةُa creaturedābbatu
  11. ٱلْأَرْضِ(of) the earthl-arḍi
  12. تَأْكُلُeatingtakulu
  13. مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖhis staffminsa-atahu
  14. فَلَمَّاBut whenfalammā
  15. خَرَّhe fell downkharra
  16. تَبَيَّنَتِbecame cleartabayyanati
  17. ٱلْجِنُّ(to) the jinnl-jinu
  18. أَنthatan
  19. لَّوْiflaw
  20. كَانُوا۟they hadkānū
  21. يَعْلَمُونَknownyaʿlamūna
  22. ٱلْغَيْبَthe unseenl-ghayba
  23. مَاnotmā
  24. لَبِثُوا۟they (would have) remainedlabithū
  25. فِىinfī
  26. ٱلْعَذَابِthe punishmentl-ʿadhābi
  27. ٱلْمُهِينِhumiliatingl-muhīni

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