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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 32

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واذا قيل ان وعد الله حق والساعة لا ريب فيها قلتم ما ندري ما الساعة ان نظن الا ظنا وما نحن بمستيقنين

"And when it was said That the promise of God Was true, and that the Hour— There was no doubt About its (coming), ye Used to say, "We Know not what is The Hour: we only think It is an idea, and we Have no firm assurance."

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  • Verse 32 of 37
  • Juz 25
  • Page 501

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit was saidqīla
  3. إِنَّIndeedinna
  4. وَعْدَ(the) Promisewaʿda
  5. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  6. حَقٌّۭ(is) trueḥaqqun
  7. وَٱلسَّاعَةُand the Hour wal-sāʿatu
  8. لَا(there is) nolā
  9. رَيْبَdoubtrayba
  10. فِيهَاabout itfīhā
  11. قُلْتُمyou saidqul'tum
  12. مَّاNotmā
  13. نَدْرِىwe knownadrī
  14. مَاwhatmā
  15. ٱلسَّاعَةُthe Hour (is)l-sāʿatu
  16. إِنNotin
  17. نَّظُنُّwe thinknaẓunnu
  18. إِلَّاexceptillā
  19. ظَنًّۭاan assumptionẓannan
  20. وَمَاand notwamā
  21. نَحْنُwenaḥnu
  22. بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ(are) convincedbimus'tayqinīna

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