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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 52

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قل هل تربصون بنا الا احدى الحسنيين ونحن نتربص بكم ان يصيبكم الله بعذاب من عنده او بايدينا فتربصوا انا معكم متربصون

Say: "Can you expect for us (Any fate) other than one Of two glorious things— (Martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you Either that God will send His punishment from Himself, Or by our hands. So wait (Expectant); we too Will wait with you."

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  • Verse 52 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 195

Word by word

  1. قُلْSayqul
  2. هَلْDohal
  3. تَرَبَّصُونَyou awaittarabbaṣūna
  4. بِنَآfor usbinā
  5. إِلَّآexceptillā
  6. إِحْدَىoneiḥ'dā
  7. ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖ(of) the two best (things)l-ḥus'nayayni
  8. وَنَحْنُwhile wewanaḥnu
  9. نَتَرَبَّصُ[we] awaitnatarabbaṣu
  10. بِكُمْfor youbikum
  11. أَنthatan
  12. يُصِيبَكُمُAllah will afflict youyuṣībakumu
  13. ٱللَّهُAllah will afflict youl-lahu
  14. بِعَذَابٍۢwith a punishmentbiʿadhābin
  15. مِّنْfrommin
  16. عِندِهِۦٓ[near] Himʿindihi
  17. أَوْoraw
  18. بِأَيْدِينَا ۖby our handsbi-aydīnā
  19. فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟So waitfatarabbaṣū
  20. إِنَّاindeed, weinnā
  21. مَعَكُمwith youmaʿakum
  22. مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ(are) waitingmutarabbiṣūna

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