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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qalam, verse 43

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خاشعة ابصارهم ترهقهم ذلة وقد كانوا يدعون الى السجود وهم سالمون

Their eyes will be Cast down,—ignominy will Cover them; seeing that They had been summoned Aforetime to bow in adoration, While they were whole, (And had refused).

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  • Verse 43 of 52
  • Juz 29
  • Page 566

Word by word

  1. خَـٰشِعَةًHumbledkhāshiʿatan
  2. أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْtheir eyesabṣāruhum
  3. تَرْهَقُهُمْwill cover themtarhaquhum
  4. ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖhumiliationdhillatun
  5. وَقَدْAnd indeedwaqad
  6. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  7. يُدْعَوْنَcalledyud'ʿawna
  8. إِلَىtoilā
  9. ٱلسُّجُودِprostratel-sujūdi
  10. وَهُمْwhile theywahum
  11. سَـٰلِمُونَ(were) soundsālimūna

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