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Quran Maqasid

Surah Hud, verse 116

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فلولا كان من القرون من قبلكم اولو بقية ينهون عن الفساد في الارض الا قليلا ممن انجينا منهم واتبع الذين ظلموا ما اترفوا فيه وكانوا مجرمين

Why were there not, Among the generations before you, Persons possessed of balanced Good sense, prohibiting (men) From mischief in the earth— Except a few among them Whom We saved (from harm)? But the wrong-doers pursued The enjoyment of the good things Of life which were given them, And persisted in sin.

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  • Verse 116 of 123
  • Juz 12
  • Page 234

Word by word

  1. فَلَوْلَاSo why notfalawlā
  2. كَانَhad beenkāna
  3. مِنَofmina
  4. ٱلْقُرُونِthe generationsl-qurūni
  5. مِنbefore youmin
  6. قَبْلِكُمْbefore youqablikum
  7. أُو۟لُوا۟those possessing a remnantulū
  8. بَقِيَّةٍۢthose possessing a remnantbaqiyyatin
  9. يَنْهَوْنَforbiddingyanhawna
  10. عَنِfromʿani
  11. ٱلْفَسَادِthe corruptionl-fasādi
  12. فِىinfī
  13. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  14. إِلَّاexceptillā
  15. قَلِيلًۭاa fewqalīlan
  16. مِّمَّنْof thosemimman
  17. أَنجَيْنَاWe savedanjaynā
  18. مِنْهُمْ ۗamong themmin'hum
  19. وَٱتَّبَعَBut followedwa-ittabaʿa
  20. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  21. ظَلَمُوا۟did wrongẓalamū
  22. مَآwhatmā
  23. أُتْرِفُوا۟luxury they were givenut'rifū
  24. فِيهِthereinfīhi
  25. وَكَانُوا۟and they werewakānū
  26. مُجْرِمِينَcriminalsmuj'rimīna

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