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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 11

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Without diacritics

ولقد خلقناكم ثم صورناكم ثم قلنا للملائكة اسجدوا لادم فسجدوا الا ابليس لم يكن من الساجدين

It is We Who created you And gave you shape; Then We bade the angels Bow down to Adam, and they Bowed down; not so Iblīs; He refused to be of those Who bow down.

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  • Verse 11 of 206
  • Juz 8
  • Page 151

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْWe created youkhalaqnākum
  3. ثُمَّthenthumma
  4. صَوَّرْنَـٰكُمْWe fashioned youṣawwarnākum
  5. ثُمَّThenthumma
  6. قُلْنَاWe saidqul'nā
  7. لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِto the Angelslil'malāikati
  8. ٱسْجُدُوا۟Prostrateus'judū
  9. لِـَٔادَمَto Adamliādama
  10. فَسَجَدُوٓا۟So they prostratedfasajadū
  11. إِلَّآexceptillā
  12. إِبْلِيسَIblisib'līsa
  13. لَمْNotlam
  14. يَكُنhe wasyakun
  15. مِّنَofmina
  16. ٱلسَّـٰجِدِينَthose who prostratedl-sājidīna

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