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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qalam, verse 42

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Without diacritics

يوم يكشف عن ساق ويدعون الى السجود فلا يستطيعون

The Day that the Shin Shall be laid bare, And they shall be summoned To bow in adoration, But they shall not be able,—

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  • Verse 42 of 52
  • Juz 29
  • Page 565

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَ(The) Dayyawma
  2. يُكْشَفُwill be uncoveredyuk'shafu
  3. عَنfromʿan
  4. سَاقٍۢthe shinsāqin
  5. وَيُدْعَوْنَand they will be calledwayud'ʿawna
  6. إِلَىtoilā
  7. ٱلسُّجُودِprostratel-sujūdi
  8. فَلَاbut notfalā
  9. يَسْتَطِيعُونَthey will be ableyastaṭīʿūna

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