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Quran Maqasid

Surah Fussilat, verse 17

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Without diacritics

واما ثمود فهديناهم فاستحبوا العمى على الهدى فاخذتهم صاعقة العذاب الهون بما كانوا يكسبون

As to the Thamūd, We gave them guidance, But they preferred blindness (Of heart) to Guidance: So the stunning Punishment Of humiliation seized them, Because of what they had earned.

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  • Verse 17 of 54
  • Juz 24
  • Page 478

Word by word

  1. وَأَمَّاAnd as forwa-ammā
  2. ثَمُودُThamudthamūdu
  3. فَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْWe guided themfahadaynāhum
  4. فَٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟but they preferredfa-is'taḥabbū
  5. ٱلْعَمَىٰ[the] blindnessl-ʿamā
  6. عَلَىoverʿalā
  7. ٱلْهُدَىٰthe guidancel-hudā
  8. فَأَخَذَتْهُمْso seized themfa-akhadhathum
  9. صَـٰعِقَةُa thunderboltṣāʿiqatu
  10. ٱلْعَذَابِ(of) the punishmentl-ʿadhābi
  11. ٱلْهُونِhumiliatingl-hūni
  12. بِمَاfor whatbimā
  13. كَانُوا۟they used tokānū
  14. يَكْسِبُونَearnyaksibūna

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