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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 4

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وكم من قرية اهلكناها فجاءها باسنا بياتا او هم قائلون

How many towns have We Destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them On a sudden by night Or while they slept For their afternoon rest.

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  • Verse 4 of 206
  • Juz 8
  • Page 151

Word by word

  1. وَكَمAnd how manywakam
  2. مِّنofmin
  3. قَرْيَةٍa cityqaryatin
  4. أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَاWe destroyed itahlaknāhā
  5. فَجَآءَهَاand came to itfajāahā
  6. بَأْسُنَاOur punishmentbasunā
  7. بَيَـٰتًا(at) nightbayātan
  8. أَوْoraw
  9. هُمْ(while) theyhum
  10. قَآئِلُونَwere sleeping at noonqāilūna

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