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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ghafir, verse 21

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اولم يسيروا في الارض فينظروا كيف كان عاقبة الذين كانوا من قبلهم كانوا هم اشد منهم قوة واثارا في الارض فاخذهم الله بذنوبهم وما كان لهم من الله من واق

Do they not travel Through the earth and see What was the End Of those before them They were even superior To them in strength, And in the traces (they Have left) in the land: But God did call them To account for their sins, And none had they To defend them against God.

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  • Verse 21 of 85
  • Juz 24
  • Page 469

Word by word

  1. ۞ أَوَلَمْDo notawalam
  2. يَسِيرُوا۟they travelyasīrū
  3. فِىinfī
  4. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  5. فَيَنظُرُوا۟and seefayanẓurū
  6. كَيْفَhowkayfa
  7. كَانَwaskāna
  8. عَـٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  10. كَانُوا۟werekānū
  11. مِنbefore themmin
  12. قَبْلِهِمْ ۚbefore themqablihim
  13. كَانُوا۟They werekānū
  14. هُمْ[they]hum
  15. أَشَدَّsuperiorashadda
  16. مِنْهُمْto themmin'hum
  17. قُوَّةًۭ(in) strengthquwwatan
  18. وَءَاثَارًۭاand (in) impressionswaāthāran
  19. فِىinfī
  20. ٱلْأَرْضِthe landl-arḍi
  21. فَأَخَذَهُمُbut Allah seized themfa-akhadhahumu
  22. ٱللَّهُbut Allah seized theml-lahu
  23. بِذُنُوبِهِمْfor their sinsbidhunūbihim
  24. وَمَاand notwamā
  25. كَانَwaskāna
  26. لَهُمfor themlahum
  27. مِّنَagainstmina
  28. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  29. مِنanymin
  30. وَاقٍۢprotectorwāqin

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