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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 18

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وجاءوا على قميصه بدم كذب قال بل سولت لكم انفسكم امرا فصبر جميل والله المستعان على ما تصفون

They stained his shirt With false blood. He said: "Nay, but your minds Have made up a tale (That may pass) with you. (For me) patience is most fitting: Against that which ye assert, It is God (alone) Whose help can be sought"…

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  • Verse 18 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 237

Word by word

  1. وَجَآءُوAnd they broughtwajāū
  2. عَلَىٰuponʿalā
  3. قَمِيصِهِۦhis shirtqamīṣihi
  4. بِدَمٍۢwith false bloodbidamin
  5. كَذِبٍۢ ۚwith false bloodkadhibin
  6. قَالَHe saidqāla
  7. بَلْNaybal
  8. سَوَّلَتْhas enticed yousawwalat
  9. لَكُمْhas enticed youlakum
  10. أَنفُسُكُمْyour soulsanfusukum
  11. أَمْرًۭا ۖ(to) a matteramran
  12. فَصَبْرٌۭso patiencefaṣabrun
  13. جَمِيلٌۭ ۖ(is) beautifuljamīlun
  14. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  15. ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ(is) the One sought for helpl-mus'taʿānu
  16. عَلَىٰagainstʿalā
  17. مَاwhatmā
  18. تَصِفُونَyou describetaṣifūna

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