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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 165

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Without diacritics

فلما نسوا ما ذكروا به انجينا الذين ينهون عن السوء واخذنا الذين ظلموا بعذاب بئيس بما كانوا يفسقون

When they disregarded the warnings That had been given them, We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited The wrong-doers with a Grievous punishment, because They were given to transgression.

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  • Verse 165 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 172

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
  2. نَسُوا۟they forgotnasū
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. ذُكِّرُوا۟they had been remindeddhukkirū
  5. بِهِۦٓwith [it]bihi
  6. أَنجَيْنَاWe savedanjaynā
  7. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  8. يَنْهَوْنَforbadeyanhawna
  9. عَنِ[from]ʿani
  10. ٱلسُّوٓءِthe evill-sūi
  11. وَأَخَذْنَاand We seizedwa-akhadhnā
  12. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  13. ظَلَمُوا۟wrongedẓalamū
  14. بِعَذَابٍۭwith a punishmentbiʿadhābin
  15. بَـِٔيسٍۭwretchedbaīsin
  16. بِمَاbecausebimā
  17. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  18. يَفْسُقُونَdefiantly disobeyingyafsuqūna

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