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Quran Maqasid

Surah Fussilat, verse 11

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ثم استوى الى السماء وهي دخان فقال لها وللارض ائتيا طوعا او كرها قالتا اتينا طائعين

Moreover He comprehended In His design the sky, And it had been (as) smoke: He said to it And to the earth: "Come ye together, Willingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (Together), in willing obedience."

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  • Verse 11 of 54
  • Juz 24
  • Page 477

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. ٱسْتَوَىٰٓHe directed (Himself)is'tawā
  3. إِلَىtowardsilā
  4. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe heavenl-samāi
  5. وَهِىَwhile it (was)wahiya
  6. دُخَانٌۭsmokedukhānun
  7. فَقَالَand He saidfaqāla
  8. لَهَاto itlahā
  9. وَلِلْأَرْضِand to the earthwalil'arḍi
  10. ٱئْتِيَاCome both of youi'tiyā
  11. طَوْعًاwillinglyṭawʿan
  12. أَوْoraw
  13. كَرْهًۭاunwillinglykarhan
  14. قَالَتَآThey both saidqālatā
  15. أَتَيْنَاWe comeataynā
  16. طَآئِعِينَwillinglyṭāiʿīna

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