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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 17

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والذي قال لوالديه اف لكما اتعدانني ان اخرج وقد خلت القرون من قبلي وهما يستغيثان الله ويلك امن ان وعد الله حق فيقول ما هذا الا اساطير الاولين

But (there is one) Who says to his parents, "Fie on you! Do ye Hold out the promise To me that I Shall be raised up, Even though generations Have passed before me (Without rising again)?" And they two seek God's aid, (and rebuke The son): "Woe to thee! Have Faith! For the promise Of God is true." But he says, "This is Nothing but tales Of the ancients!"

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  • Verse 17 of 35
  • Juz 26
  • Page 504

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِىBut the one whowa-alladhī
  2. قَالَsaysqāla
  3. لِوَٰلِدَيْهِto his parentsliwālidayhi
  4. أُفٍّۢUffuffin
  5. لَّكُمَآto both of youlakumā
  6. أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓDo you promise meataʿidāninī
  7. أَنْthatan
  8. أُخْرَجَI will be brought forthukh'raja
  9. وَقَدْand have already passed awaywaqad
  10. خَلَتِand have already passed awaykhalati
  11. ٱلْقُرُونُthe generationsl-qurūnu
  12. مِنbefore memin
  13. قَبْلِىbefore meqablī
  14. وَهُمَاAnd they bothwahumā
  15. يَسْتَغِيثَانِseek helpyastaghīthāni
  16. ٱللَّهَ(of) Allahl-laha
  17. وَيْلَكَWoe to youwaylaka
  18. ءَامِنْBelieveāmin
  19. إِنَّIndeedinna
  20. وَعْدَ(the) Promisewaʿda
  21. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  22. حَقٌّۭ(is) trueḥaqqun
  23. فَيَقُولُBut he saysfayaqūlu
  24. مَاNotmā
  25. هَـٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  26. إِلَّآbutillā
  27. أَسَـٰطِيرُ(the) storiesasāṭīru
  28. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna

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