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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Mulk, verse 19

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اولم يروا الى الطير فوقهم صافات ويقبضن ما يمسكهن الا الرحمن انه بكل شيء بصير

Do they not observe The birds above them, Spreading their wings And folding them in? None can uphold them Except (God) Most Gracious: Truly it is He That watches over all things.

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  • Verse 19 of 30
  • Juz 29
  • Page 563

Word by word

  1. أَوَلَمْDo notawalam
  2. يَرَوْا۟they seeyaraw
  3. إِلَى[to]ilā
  4. ٱلطَّيْرِthe birdsl-ṭayri
  5. فَوْقَهُمْabove themfawqahum
  6. صَـٰٓفَّـٰتٍۢspreading (their wings)ṣāffātin
  7. وَيَقْبِضْنَ ۚand foldingwayaqbiḍ'na
  8. مَاNotmā
  9. يُمْسِكُهُنَّholds themyum'sikuhunna
  10. إِلَّاexceptillā
  11. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ ۚthe Most Graciousl-raḥmānu
  12. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  13. بِكُلِّ(is) of everybikulli
  14. شَىْءٍۭthingshayin
  15. بَصِيرٌAll-Seerbaṣīrun

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