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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 56

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وكذلك مكنا ليوسف في الارض يتبوا منها حيث يشاء نصيب برحمتنا من نشاء ولا نضيع اجر المحسنين

"Thus did we give Established power to Joseph In the land, to take possession Therein as, when, or where He pleased. We bestow Of Our mercy on whom We please, and We suffer not, To be lost, the reward Of those who do good.

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  • Verse 56 of 111
  • Juz 13
  • Page 242

Word by word

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
  2. مَكَّنَّاWe establishedmakkannā
  3. لِيُوسُفَ[to] Yusufliyūsufa
  4. فِىinfī
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِthe landl-arḍi
  6. يَتَبَوَّأُto settleyatabawwa-u
  7. مِنْهَاthereinmin'hā
  8. حَيْثُwhere everḥaythu
  9. يَشَآءُ ۚhe willedyashāu
  10. نُصِيبُWe bestownuṣību
  11. بِرَحْمَتِنَاOur Mercybiraḥmatinā
  12. مَن(on) whomman
  13. نَّشَآءُ ۖWe willnashāu
  14. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  15. نُضِيعُWe let go wastenuḍīʿu
  16. أَجْرَ(the) rewardajra
  17. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ(of) the good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

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