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Quran Maqasid

Surah Qaf, verse 3

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Without diacritics

ااذا متنا وكنا ترابا ذلك رجع بعيد

"What! When we die And become dust, (shall we Live again?) That is A (sort of) Return Far (from our understanding)."

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  • Verse 3 of 45
  • Juz 26
  • Page 518

Word by word

  1. أَءِذَاWhat! Whena-idhā
  2. مِتْنَاwe diemit'nā
  3. وَكُنَّاand have becomewakunnā
  4. تُرَابًۭا ۖdustturāban
  5. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  6. رَجْعٌۢ(is) a returnrajʿun
  7. بَعِيدٌۭfarbaʿīdun

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