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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 142

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وواعدنا موسى ثلاثين ليلة واتممناها بعشر فتم ميقات ربه اربعين ليلة وقال موسى لاخيه هارون اخلفني في قومي واصلح ولا تتبع سبيل المفسدين

We appointed for Moses Thirty nights, and completed (The period) with ten (more): Thus was completed the term (Of communion) with his Lord, Forty nights. And Moses Had charged his brother Aaron (Before he went up): "Act for me amongst my people: Do right, and follow not The way of those Who do mischief."

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  • Verse 142 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 167

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَاAnd We appointedwawāʿadnā
  2. مُوسَىٰ(for) Musamūsā
  3. ثَلَـٰثِينَthirtythalāthīna
  4. لَيْلَةًۭnightslaylatan
  5. وَأَتْمَمْنَـٰهَاand We completed themwa-atmamnāhā
  6. بِعَشْرٍۢwith ten (more)biʿashrin
  7. فَتَمَّso was completedfatamma
  8. مِيقَـٰتُ(the) set termmīqātu
  9. رَبِّهِۦٓ(of) his Lordrabbihi
  10. أَرْبَعِينَ(of) fortyarbaʿīna
  11. لَيْلَةًۭ ۚnight(s)laylatan
  12. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  13. مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
  14. لِأَخِيهِto his brotherli-akhīhi
  15. هَـٰرُونَHarunhārūna
  16. ٱخْلُفْنِىTake my placeukh'luf'nī
  17. فِىinfī
  18. قَوْمِىmy peopleqawmī
  19. وَأَصْلِحْand do rightwa-aṣliḥ
  20. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  21. تَتَّبِعْfollowtattabiʿ
  22. سَبِيلَ(the) waysabīla
  23. ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ(of) the corruptersl-muf'sidīna

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