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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 168

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وقطعناهم في الارض امما منهم الصالحون ومنهم دون ذلك وبلوناهم بالحسنات والسيئات لعلهم يرجعون

We broke them up Into sections on this earth. There are among them some That are the righteous, and some That are the opposite. We have tried them With both prosperity and adversity: In order that they Might turn (to Us).

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  • Verse 168 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 172

Word by word

  1. وَقَطَّعْنَـٰهُمْAnd We divided themwaqaṭṭaʿnāhum
  2. فِىinfī
  3. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  4. أُمَمًۭا ۖ(as) nationsumaman
  5. مِّنْهُمُAmong themmin'humu
  6. ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ(are) the righteousl-ṣāliḥūna
  7. وَمِنْهُمْand among themwamin'hum
  8. دُونَ(are) other thandūna
  9. ذَٰلِكَ ۖthatdhālika
  10. وَبَلَوْنَـٰهُمAnd We tested themwabalawnāhum
  11. بِٱلْحَسَنَـٰتِwith the goodbil-ḥasanāti
  12. وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِand the badwal-sayiāti
  13. لَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahum
  14. يَرْجِعُونَreturnyarjiʿūna

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