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Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 90

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا

Until, when he came to the rising of the sun [i.e., the east], he found it rising on a people for whom We had not made against it any shield.

Al-Kahf · 18:90

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  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. بَلَغَbalaghahe reached
  4. مَطْلِعَmaṭliʿa(the) rising place
  5. ٱلشَّمْسِl-shamsi(of) the sun
  6. وَجَدَهَاwajadahāand he found it
  7. تَطْلُعُtaṭluʿurising
  8. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  9. قَوْمٍۢqawmina community
  10. لَّمْlamnot
  11. نَجْعَلnajʿalWe made
  12. لَّهُمlahumfor them
  13. مِّنminagainst it
  14. دُونِهَاdūnihāagainst it
  15. سِتْرًۭاsit'ranany shelter

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