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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 94

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وما ارسلنا في قرية من نبي الا اخذنا اهلها بالباساء والضراء لعلهم يضرعون

Whenever We sent a prophet To a town, We took up Its people in suffering And adversity, in order That they might learn humility.

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  • Verse 94 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 162

Word by word

  1. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أَرْسَلْنَاWe sentarsalnā
  3. فِىinfī
  4. قَرْيَةٍۢa cityqaryatin
  5. مِّنanymin
  6. نَّبِىٍّProphetnabiyyin
  7. إِلَّآexceptillā
  8. أَخَذْنَآWe seizedakhadhnā
  9. أَهْلَهَاits peopleahlahā
  10. بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِwith adversitybil-basāi
  11. وَٱلضَّرَّآءِand hardshipwal-ḍarāi
  12. لَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahum
  13. يَضَّرَّعُونَ(become) humbleyaḍḍarraʿūna

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