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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 24

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فلما راوه عارضا مستقبل اوديتهم قالوا هذا عارض ممطرنا بل هو ما استعجلتم به ريح فيها عذاب اليم

Then, when they saw The (Penalty in the shape of) A cloud traversing the sky, Coming to meet their valleys, They said, "This cloud Will give us rain!" "Nay, it is the (calamity) Ye were asking to be Hastened!—a wind Wherein is a Grievous Penalty!

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  • Verse 24 of 35
  • Juz 26
  • Page 505

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاThen whenfalammā
  2. رَأَوْهُthey saw itra-awhu
  3. عَارِضًۭا(as) a cloudʿāriḍan
  4. مُّسْتَقْبِلَapproachingmus'taqbila
  5. أَوْدِيَتِهِمْtheir valleysawdiyatihim
  6. قَالُوا۟they saidqālū
  7. هَـٰذَاThishādhā
  8. عَارِضٌۭ(is) a cloudʿāriḍun
  9. مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚbringing us rainmum'ṭirunā
  10. بَلْNaybal
  11. هُوَithuwa
  12. مَا(is) whatmā
  13. ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُمyou were asking it to be hastenedis'taʿjaltum
  14. بِهِۦ ۖyou were asking it to be hastenedbihi
  15. رِيحٌۭa windrīḥun
  16. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  17. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  18. أَلِيمٌۭpainfulalīmun

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