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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 166

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Without diacritics

فلما عتوا عن ما نهوا عنه قلنا لهم كونوا قردة خاسئين

When in their insolence They transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, Despised and rejected."

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  • Verse 166 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 172

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
  2. عَتَوْا۟they exceeded all boundsʿataw
  3. عَنaboutʿan
  4. مَّاwhatmā
  5. نُهُوا۟they were forbiddennuhū
  6. عَنْهُfrom itʿanhu
  7. قُلْنَاWe saidqul'nā
  8. لَهُمْto themlahum
  9. كُونُوا۟Bekūnū
  10. قِرَدَةًapesqiradatan
  11. خَـٰسِـِٔينَdespisedkhāsiīna

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