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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 141

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واذ انجيناكم من ال فرعون يسومونكم سوء العذاب يقتلون ابناءكم ويستحيون نساءكم وفي ذلكم بلاء من ربكم عظيم

And remember We rescued you From Pharaoh's people, Who afflicted you with The worst of penalties, Who slew your male children And saved alive your females: In that was a momentous Trial from your Lord.

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  • Verse 141 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 167

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَنجَيْنَـٰكُمWe saved youanjaynākum
  3. مِّنْfrommin
  4. ءَالِ(the) peopleāli
  5. فِرْعَوْنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  6. يَسُومُونَكُمْwho were afflicting youyasūmūnakum
  7. سُوٓءَ(with) worstsūa
  8. ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ(of) tormentl-ʿadhābi
  9. يُقَتِّلُونَthey were killingyuqattilūna
  10. أَبْنَآءَكُمْyour sonsabnāakum
  11. وَيَسْتَحْيُونَand letting livewayastaḥyūna
  12. نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚyour womennisāakum
  13. وَفِىAnd inwafī
  14. ذَٰلِكُمthatdhālikum
  15. بَلَآءٌۭ(was) a trialbalāon
  16. مِّنfrommin
  17. رَّبِّكُمْyour Lordrabbikum
  18. عَظِيمٌۭgreatʿaẓīmun

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