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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yunus, verse 78

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Without diacritics

قالوا اجئتنا لتلفتنا عما وجدنا عليه اباءنا وتكون لكما الكبرياء في الارض وما نحن لكما بمؤمنين

They said: "Hast thou Come to us to turn us Away from the ways We found our fathers following,— In order that thou and thy brother May have greatness in the land? But not we shall believe in you!"

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  • Verse 78 of 109
  • Juz 11
  • Page 217

Word by word

  1. قَالُوٓا۟They saidqālū
  2. أَجِئْتَنَاHave you come to usaji'tanā
  3. لِتَلْفِتَنَاto turn us awaylitalfitanā
  4. عَمَّاfrom thatʿammā
  5. وَجَدْنَاwe foundwajadnā
  6. عَلَيْهِon itʿalayhi
  7. ءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersābāanā
  8. وَتَكُونَand you two (may) havewatakūna
  9. لَكُمَاand you two (may) havelakumā
  10. ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُthe greatnessl-kib'riyāu
  11. فِىinfī
  12. ٱلْأَرْضِthe landl-arḍi
  13. وَمَاAnd we (are) notwamā
  14. نَحْنُAnd we (are) notnaḥnu
  15. لَكُمَا(in) you twolakumā
  16. بِمُؤْمِنِينَbelieversbimu'minīna

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