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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yunus, verse 19

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Without diacritics

وما كان الناس الا امة واحدة فاختلفوا ولولا كلمة سبقت من ربك لقضي بينهم فيما فيه يختلفون

Mankind was but one nation, But differed (later). Had it not Been for a Word That went forth before From thy Lord, their differences Would have been settled Between them.

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  • Verse 19 of 109
  • Juz 11
  • Page 210

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَwaskāna
  3. ٱلنَّاسُthe mankindl-nāsu
  4. إِلَّآbutillā
  5. أُمَّةًۭa communityummatan
  6. وَٰحِدَةًۭonewāḥidatan
  7. فَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ۚthen they differedfa-ikh'talafū
  8. وَلَوْلَاAnd had (it) not beenwalawlā
  9. كَلِمَةٌۭa wordkalimatun
  10. سَبَقَتْ(that) precededsabaqat
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. رَّبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  13. لَقُضِىَsurely, it (would) have been judgedlaquḍiya
  14. بَيْنَهُمْbetween thembaynahum
  15. فِيمَاconcerning whatfīmā
  16. فِيهِ[therein]fīhi
  17. يَخْتَلِفُونَthey differyakhtalifūna

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