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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 21

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واذكر اخا عاد اذ انذر قومه بالاحقاف وقد خلت النذر من بين يديه ومن خلفه الا تعبدوا الا الله اني اخاف عليكم عذاب يوم عظيم

Mention (Hūd) One of ‘Ād's (own) brethren: Behold, he warned his people About the winding Sand-tracts: But there have been Warners Before him and after him: "Worship ye none other Than God: truly I fear For you the Penalty Of a Mighty Day."

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  • Verse 21 of 35
  • Juz 26
  • Page 505

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَٱذْكُرْAnd mentionwa-udh'kur
  2. أَخَا(the) brotherakhā
  3. عَادٍ(of) Aadʿādin
  4. إِذْwhenidh
  5. أَنذَرَhe warnedandhara
  6. قَوْمَهُۥhis peopleqawmahu
  7. بِٱلْأَحْقَافِin the Al-Ahqaf bil-aḥqāfi
  8. وَقَدْand had already passed awaywaqad
  9. خَلَتِand had already passed awaykhalati
  10. ٱلنُّذُرُ[the] warnersl-nudhuru
  11. مِنۢbefore himmin
  12. بَيْنِbefore himbayni
  13. يَدَيْهِbefore himyadayhi
  14. وَمِنْand after himwamin
  15. خَلْفِهِۦٓand after himkhalfihi
  16. أَلَّاThat notallā
  17. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟you worshiptaʿbudū
  18. إِلَّاexceptillā
  19. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  20. إِنِّىٓIndeed, Iinnī
  21. أَخَافُ[I] fearakhāfu
  22. عَلَيْكُمْfor youʿalaykum
  23. عَذَابَa punishmentʿadhāba
  24. يَوْمٍ(of) a Dayyawmin
  25. عَظِيمٍۢGreatʿaẓīmin

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