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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-An'am, verse 156

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Without diacritics

ان تقولوا انما انزل الكتاب على طائفتين من قبلنا وان كنا عن دراستهم لغافلين

Lest ye should say: "The Book was sent down To two Peoples before us, And for our part, we Remained unacquainted With all that they learned By assiduous study;"

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  • Verse 156 of 165
  • Juz 8
  • Page 149

Word by word

  1. أَنLestan
  2. تَقُولُوٓا۟you saytaqūlū
  3. إِنَّمَآOnlyinnamā
  4. أُنزِلَwas revealedunzila
  5. ٱلْكِتَـٰبُthe Bookl-kitābu
  6. عَلَىٰonʿalā
  7. طَآئِفَتَيْنِthe two groupsṭāifatayni
  8. مِنfrommin
  9. قَبْلِنَاbefore usqablinā
  10. وَإِنand indeedwa-in
  11. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  12. عَنaboutʿan
  13. دِرَاسَتِهِمْtheir studydirāsatihim
  14. لَغَـٰفِلِينَcertainly unawarelaghāfilīna

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