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Quran Maqasid

Surah Qaf, verse 36

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Without diacritics

وكم اهلكنا قبلهم من قرن هم اشد منهم بطشا فنقبوا في البلاد هل من محيص

But how many Generations before them Did We destroy (for their Sins),—stronger in power Than they? Then did they Wander through the land: Was there any place Of escape (for them)?

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  • Verse 36 of 45
  • Juz 26
  • Page 520

Word by word

  1. وَكَمْAnd how manywakam
  2. أَهْلَكْنَاWe destroyedahlaknā
  3. قَبْلَهُمbefore themqablahum
  4. مِّنofmin
  5. قَرْنٍa generationqarnin
  6. هُمْtheyhum
  7. أَشَدُّ(were) strongerashaddu
  8. مِنْهُمthan themmin'hum
  9. بَطْشًۭا(in) powerbaṭshan
  10. فَنَقَّبُوا۟so they exploredfanaqqabū
  11. فِىthroughoutfī
  12. ٱلْبِلَـٰدِthe landsl-bilādi
  13. هَلْIs (there)hal
  14. مِنanymin
  15. مَّحِيصٍplace of escapemaḥīṣin

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