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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 38

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واتبعت ملة ابائي ابراهيم واسحاق ويعقوب ما كان لنا ان نشرك بالله من شيء ذلك من فضل الله علينا وعلى الناس ولكن اكثر الناس لا يشكرون

"And I follow the ways Of my fathers,—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and never Could we attribute any partners Whatever to God: that (comes) Of the grace of God to us And to mankind: yet Most men are not grateful

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  • Verse 38 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 240

Word by word

  1. وَٱتَّبَعْتُAnd I followwa-ittabaʿtu
  2. مِلَّةَ(the) religionmillata
  3. ءَابَآءِىٓ(of) my forefathersābāī
  4. إِبْرَٰهِيمَIbrahimib'rāhīma
  5. وَإِسْحَـٰقَand Isaacwa-is'ḥāqa
  6. وَيَعْقُوبَ ۚand Yaqubwayaʿqūba
  7. مَاNotmā
  8. كَانَwaskāna
  9. لَنَآfor uslanā
  10. أَنthatan
  11. نُّشْرِكَwe associatenush'rika
  12. بِٱللَّهِwith Allahbil-lahi
  13. مِنanymin
  14. شَىْءٍۢ ۚthingshayin
  15. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  16. مِن(is) frommin
  17. فَضْلِ(the) Gracefaḍli
  18. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  19. عَلَيْنَاupon usʿalaynā
  20. وَعَلَىand uponwaʿalā
  21. ٱلنَّاسِthe mankindl-nāsi
  22. وَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  23. أَكْثَرَmostakthara
  24. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the menl-nāsi
  25. لَا(are) notlā
  26. يَشْكُرُونَgratefulyashkurūna

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