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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 42

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اذ انتم بالعدوة الدنيا وهم بالعدوة القصوى والركب اسفل منكم ولو تواعدتم لاختلفتم في الميعاد ولكن ليقضي الله امرا كان مفعولا ليهلك من هلك عن بينة ويحيى من حي عن بينة وان الله لسميع عليم

Remember ye were On the hither side Of the valley, and they On the farther side, And the caravan On lower ground than ye. Even if ye had made A mutual appointment To meet, ye would certainly: Have failed in the appointment: But (thus ye met), That God might accomplish A matter already enacted; That those who died might Die after a clear Sign (Had been given), and those who lived Might live after a Clear Sign (Had been given). And verily God is He who heareth And knoweth (all things).

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  • Verse 42 of 75
  • Juz 10
  • Page 182

Word by word

  1. إِذْWhenidh
  2. أَنتُمyou (were)antum
  3. بِٱلْعُدْوَةِon side of the valleybil-ʿud'wati
  4. ٱلدُّنْيَاthe nearerl-dun'yā
  5. وَهُمand theywahum
  6. بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ(were) on the sidebil-ʿud'wati
  7. ٱلْقُصْوَىٰthe fartherl-quṣ'wā
  8. وَٱلرَّكْبُand the caravanwal-rakbu
  9. أَسْفَلَ(was) lowerasfala
  10. مِنكُمْ ۚthan youminkum
  11. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  12. تَوَاعَدتُّمْyou (had) made an appointmenttawāʿadttum
  13. لَٱخْتَلَفْتُمْcertainly you would have failedla-ikh'talaftum
  14. فِىinfī
  15. ٱلْمِيعَـٰدِ ۙthe appointmentl-mīʿādi
  16. وَلَـٰكِنButwalākin
  17. لِّيَقْضِىَthat might accomplishliyaqḍiya
  18. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  19. أَمْرًۭاa matteramran
  20. كَانَ(that) waskāna
  21. مَفْعُولًۭاdestinedmafʿūlan
  22. لِّيَهْلِكَthat (might be) destroyedliyahlika
  23. مَنْ(those) whoman
  24. هَلَكَ(were to be) destroyedhalaka
  25. عَنۢonʿan
  26. بَيِّنَةٍۢa clear evidencebayyinatin
  27. وَيَحْيَىٰand (might) livewayaḥyā
  28. مَنْ(those) whoman
  29. حَىَّ(were to) liveḥayya
  30. عَنۢonʿan
  31. بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗa clear evidencebayyinatin
  32. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  33. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  34. لَسَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearinglasamīʿun
  35. عَلِيمٌAll-Knowingʿalīmun

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