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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 21

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وكيف تاخذونه وقد افضى بعضكم الى بعض واخذن منكم ميثاقا غليظا

And how could ye take it When ye have gone in Unto each other, and they have Taken from you a solemn covenant?

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  • Verse 21 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 81

Word by word

  1. وَكَيْفَAnd howwakayfa
  2. تَأْخُذُونَهُۥcould you take ittakhudhūnahu
  3. وَقَدْwhen surelywaqad
  4. أَفْضَىٰhas gone afḍā
  5. بَعْضُكُمْone of youbaʿḍukum
  6. إِلَىٰtoilā
  7. بَعْضٍۢanotherbaʿḍin
  8. وَأَخَذْنَand they have takenwa-akhadhna
  9. مِنكُمfrom youminkum
  10. مِّيثَـٰقًاcovenantmīthāqan
  11. غَلِيظًۭاstrongghalīẓan

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