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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 50

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ولو ترى اذ يتوفى الذين كفروا الملائكة يضربون وجوههم وادبارهم وذوقوا عذاب الحريق

If thou couldst see, When the angels take the souls Of the Unbelievers (at death), (How) they smite their faces And their backs, (saying): "Taste the Penalty of the blazing Fire—

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  • Verse 50 of 75
  • Juz 10
  • Page 183

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  2. تَرَىٰٓyou (could) seetarā
  3. إِذْwhenidh
  4. يَتَوَفَّىtake away soulsyatawaffā
  5. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  6. كَفَرُوا۟ ۙdisbelievekafarū
  7. ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu
  8. يَضْرِبُونَstrikingyaḍribūna
  9. وُجُوهَهُمْtheir faceswujūhahum
  10. وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْand their backswa-adbārahum
  11. وَذُوقُوا۟Tastewadhūqū
  12. عَذَابَ(the) punishmentʿadhāba
  13. ٱلْحَرِيقِ(of) the Blazing Firel-ḥarīqi

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