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Quran Maqasid

Surah Hud, verse 117

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Without diacritics

وما كان ربك ليهلك القرى بظلم واهلها مصلحون

Nor would thy Lord be The One to destroy Communities for a single wrong-doing, If its members were likely To mend.

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  • Verse 117 of 123
  • Juz 12
  • Page 234

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَwouldkāna
  3. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  4. لِيُهْلِكَdestroyliyuh'lika
  5. ٱلْقُرَىٰthe citiesl-qurā
  6. بِظُلْمٍۢunjustlybiẓul'min
  7. وَأَهْلُهَاwhile its peoplewa-ahluhā
  8. مُصْلِحُونَ(were) reformersmuṣ'liḥūna

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