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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 14

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Without diacritics

قالوا لئن اكله الذئب ونحن عصبة انا اذا لخاسرون

They said: "If the wolf Were to devour him While we are (so large) a party, Then should we indeed (First) have perished ourselves!"

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  • Verse 14 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 236

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  2. لَئِنْIfla-in
  3. أَكَلَهُeats himakalahu
  4. ٱلذِّئْبُthe wolfl-dhi'bu
  5. وَنَحْنُwhile wewanaḥnu
  6. عُصْبَةٌ(are) a groupʿuṣ'batun
  7. إِنَّآindeed, weinnā
  8. إِذًۭاthenidhan
  9. لَّخَـٰسِرُونَsurely (would be) loserslakhāsirūna

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