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Quran Maqasid

Surah Az-Zukhruf, verse 23

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Without diacritics

وكذلك ما ارسلنا من قبلك في قرية من نذير الا قال مترفوها انا وجدنا اباءنا على امة وانا على اثارهم مقتدون

Just in the same way, Whenever We sent a Warner Before thee to any people, The wealthy ones among them Said: "We found our fathers Following a certain religion, And we will certainly Follow in their footsteps."

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  • Verse 23 of 89
  • Juz 25
  • Page 491

Word by word

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
  2. مَآnotmā
  3. أَرْسَلْنَاWe sentarsalnā
  4. مِنbefore youmin
  5. قَبْلِكَbefore youqablika
  6. فِىinfī
  7. قَرْيَةٍۢa townqaryatin
  8. مِّنanymin
  9. نَّذِيرٍwarnernadhīrin
  10. إِلَّاexceptillā
  11. قَالَsaidqāla
  12. مُتْرَفُوهَآ(the) wealthy ones of itmut'rafūhā
  13. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  14. وَجَدْنَآ[we] foundwajadnā
  15. ءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersābāanā
  16. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  17. أُمَّةٍۢa religionummatin
  18. وَإِنَّاand indeed, wewa-innā
  19. عَلَىٰٓ[on]ʿalā
  20. ءَاثَـٰرِهِمtheir footstepsāthārihim
  21. مُّقْتَدُونَ(are) followingmuq'tadūna

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