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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 11

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وقال الذين كفروا للذين امنوا لو كان خيرا ما سبقونا اليه واذ لم يهتدوا به فسيقولون هذا افك قديم

The Unbelievers say Of those who believe: "If (this Message) were A good thing, (such men) Would not have gone To it first, before us!" And seeing that they Guide not themselves thereby, They will say, "This is An (old,) old falsehood!"

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  • Verse 11 of 35
  • Juz 26
  • Page 503

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَAnd saywaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. كَفَرُوا۟disbelievekafarū
  4. لِلَّذِينَof those wholilladhīna
  5. ءَامَنُوا۟believeāmanū
  6. لَوْIflaw
  7. كَانَit had beenkāna
  8. خَيْرًۭاgoodkhayran
  9. مَّاnotmā
  10. سَبَقُونَآthey (would) have preceded ussabaqūnā
  11. إِلَيْهِ ۚto itilayhi
  12. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  13. لَمْnotlam
  14. يَهْتَدُوا۟they (are) guidedyahtadū
  15. بِهِۦby itbihi
  16. فَسَيَقُولُونَthey sayfasayaqūlūna
  17. هَـٰذَآThishādhā
  18. إِفْكٌۭ(is) a lieif'kun
  19. قَدِيمٌۭancientqadīmun

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