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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 27

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ولقد اهلكنا ما حولكم من القرى وصرفنا الايات لعلهم يرجعون

We destroyed aforetime Populations round about you; And We have shown The Signs in various ways, That they may turn (to Us).

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  • Verse 27 of 35
  • Juz 26
  • Page 505

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  1. وَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. حَوْلَكُمsurrounds youḥawlakum
  5. مِّنَofmina
  6. ٱلْقُرَىٰthe townsl-qurā
  7. وَصَرَّفْنَاand We have diversifiedwaṣarrafnā
  8. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  9. لَعَلَّهُمْthat they maylaʿallahum
  10. يَرْجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna

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