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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 40

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ما تعبدون من دونه الا اسماء سميتموها انتم واباؤكم ما انزل الله بها من سلطان ان الحكم الا لله امر الا تعبدوا الا اياه ذلك الدين القيم ولكن اكثر الناس لا يعلمون

"If not Him, ye worship nothing But names which ye have named,— Ye and your fathers,— For which God hath sent down No authority: the Command Is for none but God: He Hath commanded that ye worship None but Him: that is The right religion, but Most men understand not…

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  • Verse 40 of 111
  • Juz 12
  • Page 240

Word by word

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. تَعْبُدُونَyou worshiptaʿbudūna
  3. مِنbesides Himmin
  4. دُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihi
  5. إِلَّآbutillā
  6. أَسْمَآءًۭnamesasmāan
  7. سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآwhich you have named themsammaytumūhā
  8. أَنتُمْyouantum
  9. وَءَابَآؤُكُمand your forefatherswaābāukum
  10. مَّآnotmā
  11. أَنزَلَ(has) sent downanzala
  12. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  13. بِهَاfor itbihā
  14. مِنanymin
  15. سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚauthoritysul'ṭānin
  16. إِنِNotini
  17. ٱلْحُكْمُ(is) the commandl-ḥuk'mu
  18. إِلَّاbutillā
  19. لِلَّهِ ۚfor Allahlillahi
  20. أَمَرَHe has commandedamara
  21. أَلَّاthat notallā
  22. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟you worshiptaʿbudū
  23. إِلَّآbutillā
  24. إِيَّاهُ ۚHim Aloneiyyāhu
  25. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  26. ٱلدِّينُ(is) the religionl-dīnu
  27. ٱلْقَيِّمُthe rightl-qayimu
  28. وَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  29. أَكْثَرَmostakthara
  30. ٱلنَّاسِ[the] menl-nāsi
  31. لَا(do) notlā
  32. يَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

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