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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 53

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وما ابرئ نفسي ان النفس لامارة بالسوء الا ما رحم ربي ان ربي غفور رحيم

"Nor do I absolve my own self (Of blame): the (human) soul Is certainly prone to evil, Unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely My Lord is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

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  • Verse 53 of 111
  • Juz 13
  • Page 242

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَمَآAnd notwamā
  2. أُبَرِّئُI absolveubarri-u
  3. نَفْسِىٓ ۚmyselfnafsī
  4. إِنَّIndeedinna
  5. ٱلنَّفْسَthe soull-nafsa
  6. لَأَمَّارَةٌۢ(is) a certain enjoinerla-ammāratun
  7. بِٱلسُّوٓءِof evilbil-sūi
  8. إِلَّاunlessillā
  9. مَا[that]mā
  10. رَحِمَbestows Mercyraḥima
  11. رَبِّىٓ ۚmy Lordrabbī
  12. إِنَّIndeedinna
  13. رَبِّىmy Lordrabbī
  14. غَفُورٌۭ(is) Oft-Forgivingghafūrun
  15. رَّحِيمٌۭMost Mercifulraḥīmun

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