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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-An'am, verse 97

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وهو الذي جعل لكم النجوم لتهتدوا بها في ظلمات البر والبحر قد فصلنا الايات لقوم يعلمون

It is He Who maketh The stars (as beacons) for you, That ye may guide yourselves, With their help, Through the dark spaces Of land and sea: We detail Our Signs For people who know.

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  • Verse 97 of 165
  • Juz 7
  • Page 140

Word by word

  1. وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِى(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. جَعَلَmadejaʿala
  4. لَكُمُfor youlakumu
  5. ٱلنُّجُومَthe starsl-nujūma
  6. لِتَهْتَدُوا۟that you may guide yourselveslitahtadū
  7. بِهَاwith thembihā
  8. فِىinfī
  9. ظُلُمَـٰتِthe darkness[es]ẓulumāti
  10. ٱلْبَرِّ(of) the landl-bari
  11. وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۗand the seawal-baḥri
  12. قَدْCertainlyqad
  13. فَصَّلْنَاWe have made clearfaṣṣalnā
  14. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِthe Signsl-āyāti
  15. لِقَوْمٍۢfor a peopleliqawmin
  16. يَعْلَمُونَ(who) knowyaʿlamūna

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