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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 31

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واذا تتلى عليهم اياتنا قالوا قد سمعنا لو نشاء لقلنا مثل هذا ان هذا الا اساطير الاولين

When Our Signs are rehearsed To them, they say: "We Have heard this (before): If we wished, we could Say (words) like these: These are nothing But tales of the ancients."

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  • Verse 31 of 75
  • Juz 9
  • Page 180

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. تُتْلَىٰare recitedtut'lā
  3. عَلَيْهِمْto themʿalayhim
  4. ءَايَـٰتُنَاOur Versesāyātunā
  5. قَالُوا۟they sayqālū
  6. قَدْVerilyqad
  7. سَمِعْنَاwe have heardsamiʿ'nā
  8. لَوْiflaw
  9. نَشَآءُwe wishnashāu
  10. لَقُلْنَاsurely, we could saylaqul'nā
  11. مِثْلَlikemith'la
  12. هَـٰذَآ ۙthishādhā
  13. إِنْNotin
  14. هَـٰذَآis thishādhā
  15. إِلَّآbutillā
  16. أَسَـٰطِيرُtalesasāṭīru
  17. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna

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