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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 16

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ولقد اتينا بني اسرائيل الكتاب والحكم والنبوة ورزقناهم من الطيبات وفضلناهم على العالمين

We did aforetime Grant to the Children Of Israel the Book, The Power of Command, And Prophethood; We gave Them, for Sustenance, things Good and pure; and We Favoured them above the nations.

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  • Verse 16 of 37
  • Juz 25
  • Page 500

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. ءَاتَيْنَاWe gaveātaynā
  3. بَنِىٓ(the) Children of Israelbanī
  4. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ(the) Children of Israelis'rāīla
  5. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  6. وَٱلْحُكْمَand the wisdomwal-ḥuk'ma
  7. وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَand the Prophethoodwal-nubuwata
  8. وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمand We provided themwarazaqnāhum
  9. مِّنَofmina
  10. ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِthe good thingsl-ṭayibāti
  11. وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْand We preferred themwafaḍḍalnāhum
  12. عَلَىoverʿalā
  13. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna

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