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Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 20

البقرة · 286 verses · Medinan
يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ ٢٠
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Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 20

Yakadu albarqu yakhtafu absarahumkullama adaa lahum mashaw feehi wa-itha athlamaAAalayhim qamoo walaw shaa Allahu lathahababisamAAihim waabsarihim inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

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  1. يَكَادُyakāduAlmost
  2. ٱلْبَرْقُl-barquthe lightning
  3. يَخْطَفُyakhṭafusnatches away
  4. أَبْصَـٰرَهُمْ ۖabṣārahumtheir sight
  5. كُلَّمَآkullamāWhenever
  6. أَضَآءَaḍāait flashes
  7. لَهُمlahumfor them
  8. مَّشَوْا۟mashawthey walk
  9. فِيهِfīhiin it
  10. وَإِذَآwa-idhāand when
  11. أَظْلَمَaẓlamait darkens
  12. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
  13. قَامُوا۟ ۚqāmūthey stand (still)
  14. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  15. شَآءَshāahad willed
  16. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  17. لَذَهَبَladhahabaHe would certainly have taken away
  18. بِسَمْعِهِمْbisamʿihimtheir hearing
  19. وَأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ ۚwa-abṣārihimand their sight
  20. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  21. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  22. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
  23. كُلِّkullievery
  24. شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
  25. قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful