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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 129

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Without diacritics

قالوا اوذينا من قبل ان تاتينا ومن بعد ما جئتنا قال عسى ربكم ان يهلك عدوكم ويستخلفكم في الارض فينظر كيف تعملون

They said: "We have had (Nothing but) trouble, both before And after thou camest To us." He said: "It may be that your Lord Will destroy your enemy And make you inheritors In the earth; that so He may try you By your deeds."

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  • Verse 129 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 165

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟They saidqālū
  2. أُوذِينَاWe have been harmedūdhīnā
  3. مِنfrommin
  4. قَبْلِbeforeqabli
  5. أَن[that]an
  6. تَأْتِيَنَاyou came to ustatiyanā
  7. وَمِنۢfromwamin
  8. بَعْدِand afterbaʿdi
  9. مَا[what]mā
  10. جِئْتَنَا ۚyou have come to usji'tanā
  11. قَالَHe saidqāla
  12. عَسَىٰPerhapsʿasā
  13. رَبُّكُمْyour Lordrabbukum
  14. أَن[that]an
  15. يُهْلِكَwill destroyyuh'lika
  16. عَدُوَّكُمْyour enemyʿaduwwakum
  17. وَيَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْand make you successorswayastakhlifakum
  18. فِىinfī
  19. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  20. فَيَنظُرَthen seefayanẓura
  21. كَيْفَhowkayfa
  22. تَعْمَلُونَyou will dotaʿmalūna

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