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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 123

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قال فرعون امنتم به قبل ان اذن لكم ان هذا لمكر مكرتموه في المدينة لتخرجوا منها اهلها فسوف تعلمون

Said Pharaoh: "Believe ye In Him before I give You permission? Surely This is a trick which ye Have planned in the City To drive out its people: But soon shall ye know (The consequences).

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  • Verse 123 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 165

Word by word

  1. قَالَSaidqāla
  2. فِرْعَوْنُFiraunfir'ʿawnu
  3. ءَامَنتُمYou believedāmantum
  4. بِهِۦin himbihi
  5. قَبْلَbeforeqabla
  6. أَنْ[that]an
  7. ءَاذَنَI give permissionādhana
  8. لَكُمْ ۖto youlakum
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. هَـٰذَاthishādhā
  11. لَمَكْرٌۭ(is) surely a plotlamakrun
  12. مَّكَرْتُمُوهُyou have plotted itmakartumūhu
  13. فِىinfī
  14. ٱلْمَدِينَةِthe cityl-madīnati
  15. لِتُخْرِجُوا۟so that you may drive outlitukh'rijū
  16. مِنْهَآfrom itmin'hā
  17. أَهْلَهَا ۖits peopleahlahā
  18. فَسَوْفَBut soonfasawfa
  19. تَعْلَمُونَyou will knowtaʿlamūna

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