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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 164

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واذ قالت امة منهم لم تعظون قوما الله مهلكهم او معذبهم عذابا شديدا قالوا معذرة الى ربكم ولعلهم يتقون

When some of them said: "Why do ye preach To a people whom God Will destroy or visit With a terrible punishment?"— Said the preachers: "To discharge Our duty to your Lord, And perchance they may fear Him."

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  • Verse 164 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 172

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالَتْsaidqālat
  3. أُمَّةٌۭa communityummatun
  4. مِّنْهُمْamong themmin'hum
  5. لِمَWhylima
  6. تَعِظُونَ(do) you preachtaʿiẓūna
  7. قَوْمًا ۙa peopleqawman
  8. ٱللَّهُ(whom) Allahl-lahu
  9. مُهْلِكُهُمْ(is going to) destroy themmuh'likuhum
  10. أَوْoraw
  11. مُعَذِّبُهُمْpunish themmuʿadhibuhum
  12. عَذَابًۭا(with) a punishmentʿadhāban
  13. شَدِيدًۭا ۖsevereshadīdan
  14. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  15. مَعْذِرَةًTo be absolvedmaʿdhiratan
  16. إِلَىٰbeforeilā
  17. رَبِّكُمْyour Lordrabbikum
  18. وَلَعَلَّهُمْand that they maywalaʿallahum
  19. يَتَّقُونَbecome righteousyattaqūna

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