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Quran Maqasid

Surah Muhammad, verse 27

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Without diacritics

فكيف اذا توفتهم الملائكة يضربون وجوههم وادبارهم

But how (will it be) When the angels take Their souls at death, And smite their faces And their backs?

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  • Verse 27 of 38
  • Juz 26
  • Page 509

Word by word

  1. فَكَيْفَThen howfakayfa
  2. إِذَاwhenidhā
  3. تَوَفَّتْهُمُtake them in deathtawaffathumu
  4. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu
  5. يَضْرِبُونَstrikingyaḍribūna
  6. وُجُوهَهُمْtheir faceswujūhahum
  7. وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْand their backswa-adbārahum

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