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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 12

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اذ يوحي ربك الى الملائكة اني معكم فثبتوا الذين امنوا سالقي في قلوب الذين كفروا الرعب فاضربوا فوق الاعناق واضربوا منهم كل بنان

Remember thy Lord inspired The angels (with the message): "I am with you: give Firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror Into the hearts of the Unbelievers: Smite ye above their necks And smite all their Finger-tips off them.

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  • Verse 12 of 75
  • Juz 9
  • Page 178

Word by word

  1. إِذْWhenidh
  2. يُوحِىinspiredyūḥī
  3. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  4. إِلَىtoilā
  5. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِthe Angelsl-malāikati
  6. أَنِّىI amannī
  7. مَعَكُمْwith youmaʿakum
  8. فَثَبِّتُوا۟so strengthenfathabbitū
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  10. ءَامَنُوا۟ ۚbelievedāmanū
  11. سَأُلْقِىI will castsa-ul'qī
  12. فِىinfī
  13. قُلُوبِ(the) heartsqulūbi
  14. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  15. كَفَرُوا۟disbelieved kafarū
  16. ٱلرُّعْبَthe terrorl-ruʿ'ba
  17. فَٱضْرِبُوا۟so strikefa-iḍ'ribū
  18. فَوْقَabovefawqa
  19. ٱلْأَعْنَاقِthe necksl-aʿnāqi
  20. وَٱضْرِبُوا۟and strikewa-iḍ'ribū
  21. مِنْهُمْfrom themmin'hum
  22. كُلَّeverykulla
  23. بَنَانٍۢfingertip[s]banānin

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