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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 16

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قل من رب السماوات والارض قل الله قل افاتخذتم من دونه اولياء لا يملكون لانفسهم نفعا ولا ضرا قل هل يستوي الاعمى والبصير ام هل تستوي الظلمات والنور ام جعلوا لله شركاء خلقوا كخلقه فتشابه الخلق عليهم قل الله خالق كل شيء وهو الواحد القهار

Say: "Who is the Lord and Sustainer Of the heavens and the earth?" Say: "(It is) God." Say: "Do ye then take (For worship) protectors other Than Him, such as have No power either for good Or for harm to themselves?" Say: "Are the blind equal With those who see? Or the depths of darkness Equal with Light?" Or do they assign to God Partners who have created (Anything) as He has created, So that the creation seemed To them similar? Say: "God is the Creator Of all things: He is The One, the Supreme and Irresistible."

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  • Verse 16 of 43
  • Juz 13
  • Page 251

Word by word

  1. قُلْSayqul
  2. مَنWhoman
  3. رَّبُّ(is) the Lordrabbu
  4. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti
  5. وَٱلْأَرْضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  6. قُلِSayquli
  7. ٱللَّهُ ۚAllahl-lahu
  8. قُلْSayqul
  9. أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُمHave you then takenafa-ittakhadhtum
  10. مِّنfrommin
  11. دُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihi
  12. أَوْلِيَآءَprotectorsawliyāa
  13. لَاnotlā
  14. يَمْلِكُونَthey have poweryamlikūna
  15. لِأَنفُسِهِمْfor themselvesli-anfusihim
  16. نَفْعًۭا(to) benefitnafʿan
  17. وَلَاand notwalā
  18. ضَرًّۭا ۚ(to) harmḍarran
  19. قُلْSayqul
  20. هَلْIshal
  21. يَسْتَوِىequalyastawī
  22. ٱلْأَعْمَىٰthe blindl-aʿmā
  23. وَٱلْبَصِيرُand the seeingwal-baṣīru
  24. أَمْOram
  25. هَلْishal
  26. تَسْتَوِىequaltastawī
  27. ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتُthe darkness[es]l-ẓulumātu
  28. وَٱلنُّورُ ۗand the lightwal-nūru
  29. أَمْOram
  30. جَعَلُوا۟they attributejaʿalū
  31. لِلَّهِto Allahlillahi
  32. شُرَكَآءَpartnersshurakāa
  33. خَلَقُوا۟who createdkhalaqū
  34. كَخَلْقِهِۦlike His creationkakhalqihi
  35. فَتَشَـٰبَهَso that seemed alikefatashābaha
  36. ٱلْخَلْقُthe creationl-khalqu
  37. عَلَيْهِمْ ۚto themʿalayhim
  38. قُلِSayquli
  39. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  40. خَـٰلِقُ(is) the Creatorkhāliqu
  41. كُلِّof allkulli
  42. شَىْءٍۢthingsshayin
  43. وَهُوَand Hewahuwa
  44. ٱلْوَٰحِدُ(is) the Onel-wāḥidu
  45. ٱلْقَهَّـٰرُthe Irresistiblel-qahāru

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