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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 33

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قال رب السجن احب الي مما يدعونني اليه والا تصرف عني كيدهن اصب اليهن واكن من الجاهلين

He said: "O my Lord! The prison is more To my liking than that To which they invite me: Unless Thou turn away Their snare from me, I should (in my youthful folly) Feel inclined towards them And join the ranks of the ignorant."

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  • Verse 33 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 239

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  3. ٱلسِّجْنُthe prisonl-sij'nu
  4. أَحَبُّ(is) deareraḥabbu
  5. إِلَىَّto meilayya
  6. مِمَّاthan whatmimmā
  7. يَدْعُونَنِىٓthey invite meyadʿūnanī
  8. إِلَيْهِ ۖto itilayhi
  9. وَإِلَّاAnd unlesswa-illā
  10. تَصْرِفْYou turn awaytaṣrif
  11. عَنِّىfrom meʿannī
  12. كَيْدَهُنَّtheir plotkaydahunna
  13. أَصْبُI might inclineaṣbu
  14. إِلَيْهِنَّtowards themilayhinna
  15. وَأَكُنand [I] bewa-akun
  16. مِّنَofmina
  17. ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَthe ignorantl-jāhilīna

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