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Quran Maqasid

Surah Sad, verse 75

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قال يا ابليس ما منعك ان تسجد لما خلقت بيدي استكبرت ام كنت من العالين

(God) said: "O Iblīs! What prevents thee from Prostrating thyself to one Whom I have created With My hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one Of the high (and mighty) ones?"

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  • Verse 75 of 88
  • Juz 23
  • Page 457

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. يَـٰٓإِبْلِيسُO Iblisyāib'līsu
  3. مَاWhatmā
  4. مَنَعَكَprevented youmanaʿaka
  5. أَنthatan
  6. تَسْجُدَyou (should) prostratetasjuda
  7. لِمَاto (one) whomlimā
  8. خَلَقْتُI createdkhalaqtu
  9. بِيَدَىَّ ۖwith My Handsbiyadayya
  10. أَسْتَكْبَرْتَAre you arrogantastakbarta
  11. أَمْoram
  12. كُنتَare youkunta
  13. مِنَofmina
  14. ٱلْعَالِينَthe exalted onesl-ʿālīna

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