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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 163

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واسالهم عن القرية التي كانت حاضرة البحر اذ يعدون في السبت اذ تاتيهم حيتانهم يوم سبتهم شرعا ويوم لا يسبتون لا تاتيهم كذلك نبلوهم بما كانوا يفسقون

Ask them concerning the town Standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed In the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath Their fish did come to them, Openly holding up their heads, But on the day they had No Sabbath, they came not: Thus did We make a trial Of them, for they were Given to transgression.

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  • Verse 163 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 171

Word by word

  1. وَسْـَٔلْهُمْAnd ask themwasalhum
  2. عَنِaboutʿani
  3. ٱلْقَرْيَةِthe townl-qaryati
  4. ٱلَّتِىwhichallatī
  5. كَانَتْwaskānat
  6. حَاضِرَةَsituatedḥāḍirata
  7. ٱلْبَحْرِ(by) the seal-baḥri
  8. إِذْwhenidh
  9. يَعْدُونَthey transgressedyaʿdūna
  10. فِىinfī
  11. ٱلسَّبْتِthe (matter of) Sabbathl-sabti
  12. إِذْwhenidh
  13. تَأْتِيهِمْcame to themtatīhim
  14. حِيتَانُهُمْtheir fishḥītānuhum
  15. يَوْمَ(on the) dayyawma
  16. سَبْتِهِمْ(of) their Sabbathsabtihim
  17. شُرَّعًۭاvisiblyshurraʿan
  18. وَيَوْمَand (on the) daywayawma
  19. لَاnotlā
  20. يَسْبِتُونَ ۙthey had Sabbathyasbitūna
  21. لَا(they did) notlā
  22. تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚcome to themtatīhim
  23. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  24. نَبْلُوهُمWe test themnablūhum
  25. بِمَاbecausebimā
  26. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  27. يَفْسُقُونَdefiantly disobeyingyafsuqūna

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