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Quran Maqasid

Surah Yusuf, verse 78

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قالوا يا ايها العزيز ان له ابا شيخا كبيرا فخذ احدنا مكانه انا نراك من المحسنين

They said: "O exalted one! Behold! he has a father, Aged and venerable, (who will Grieve for him); so take One of us in his place; For we see that thou art (Gracious) in doing good."

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  • Verse 78 of 111
  • Juz 13
  • Page 244

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  2. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  3. ٱلْعَزِيزُAzizl-ʿazīzu
  4. إِنَّIndeedinna
  5. لَهُۥٓhe haslahu
  6. أَبًۭاa fatheraban
  7. شَيْخًۭاoldshaykhan
  8. كَبِيرًۭا[great]kabīran
  9. فَخُذْso takefakhudh
  10. أَحَدَنَاone of usaḥadanā
  11. مَكَانَهُۥٓ ۖ(in) his placemakānahu
  12. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  13. نَرَىٰكَ[we] see younarāka
  14. مِنَofmina
  15. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَthe good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

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