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Quran Maqasid

Surah Hud, verse 20

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Without diacritics

اولئك لم يكونوا معجزين في الارض وما كان لهم من دون الله من اولياء يضاعف لهم العذاب ما كانوا يستطيعون السمع وما كانوا يبصرون

They will in no wise Frustrate (His design) on earth, Nor have they protectors Besides God! Their penalty Will be doubled! They lost The power to hear, And they did not see!

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  • Verse 20 of 123
  • Juz 12
  • Page 224

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  2. لَمْnotlam
  3. يَكُونُوا۟will beyakūnū
  4. مُعْجِزِينَ(able to) escapemuʿ'jizīna
  5. فِىinfī
  6. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  7. وَمَاand notwamā
  8. كَانَiskāna
  9. لَهُمfor themlahum
  10. مِّنbesidesmin
  11. دُونِbesidesdūni
  12. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  13. مِنْanymin
  14. أَوْلِيَآءَ ۘprotectorsawliyāa
  15. يُضَـٰعَفُAnd will be doubledyuḍāʿafu
  16. لَهُمُfor themlahumu
  17. ٱلْعَذَابُ ۚthe punishmentl-ʿadhābu
  18. مَاNotmā
  19. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  20. يَسْتَطِيعُونَableyastaṭīʿūna
  21. ٱلسَّمْعَ(to) hearl-samʿa
  22. وَمَاand notwamā
  23. كَانُوا۟they used (to)kānū
  24. يُبْصِرُونَseeyub'ṣirūna

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