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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ghafir, verse 18

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Without diacritics

وانذرهم يوم الازفة اذ القلوب لدى الحناجر كاظمين ما للظالمين من حميم ولا شفيع يطاع

Warn them of the Day That is (ever) drawing near, When the Hearts will (Come) right up to the Throats To choke (them); No intimate friend Nor intercessor will the wrong-doers Have, who could be Listened to.

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  • Verse 18 of 85
  • Juz 24
  • Page 469

Word by word

  1. وَأَنذِرْهُمْAnd warn themwa-andhir'hum
  2. يَوْمَ(of the) Dayyawma
  3. ٱلْـَٔازِفَةِthe Approachingl-āzifati
  4. إِذِwhenidhi
  5. ٱلْقُلُوبُthe heartsl-qulūbu
  6. لَدَى(are) atladā
  7. ٱلْحَنَاجِرِthe throatsl-ḥanājiri
  8. كَـٰظِمِينَ ۚchokedkāẓimīna
  9. مَاNotmā
  10. لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَfor the wrongdoerslilẓẓālimīna
  11. مِنْanymin
  12. حَمِيمٍۢintimate friendḥamīmin
  13. وَلَاand nowalā
  14. شَفِيعٍۢintercessorshafīʿin
  15. يُطَاعُ(who) is obeyedyuṭāʿu

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