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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Jinn, verse 12

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Without diacritics

وانا ظننا ان لن نعجز الله في الارض ولن نعجزه هربا

'But we think that we Can by no means frustrate God throughout the earth, Nor can we frustrate Him By flight.

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  • Verse 12 of 28
  • Juz 29
  • Page 572

Word by word

  1. وَأَنَّاAnd that wewa-annā
  2. ظَنَنَّآ[we] have become certainẓanannā
  3. أَنthatan
  4. لَّنneverlan
  5. نُّعْجِزَwe will cause failurenuʿ'jiza
  6. ٱللَّهَ(to) Allahl-laha
  7. فِىinfī
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  9. وَلَنand neverwalan
  10. نُّعْجِزَهُۥwe can escape Himnuʿ'jizahu
  11. هَرَبًۭا(by) flightharaban

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