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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 5

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Without diacritics

فما كان دعواهم اذ جاءهم باسنا الا ان قالوا انا كنا ظالمين

When (thus) Our punishment Took them, no cry Did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."

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  • Verse 5 of 206
  • Juz 8
  • Page 151

Word by word

  1. فَمَاThen notfamā
  2. كَانَwaskāna
  3. دَعْوَىٰهُمْtheir pleadaʿwāhum
  4. إِذْwhenidh
  5. جَآءَهُمcame to themjāahum
  6. بَأْسُنَآOur punishmentbasunā
  7. إِلَّآexceptillā
  8. أَنthatan
  9. قَالُوٓا۟they saidqālū
  10. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  11. كُنَّاwerekunnā
  12. ظَـٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna

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