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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 116

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Without diacritics

ولا تقولوا لما تصف السنتكم الكذب هذا حلال وهذا حرام لتفتروا على الله الكذب ان الذين يفترون على الله الكذب لا يفلحون

But say not—for any false thing That your tongues may put forth,— "This is lawful, and this Is forbidden," so as to ascribe False things to God. For those Who ascribe false things To God, will never prosper.

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  • Verse 116 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 280

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَقُولُوا۟saytaqūlū
  3. لِمَاfor that whichlimā
  4. تَصِفُasserttaṣifu
  5. أَلْسِنَتُكُمُyour tonguesalsinatukumu
  6. ٱلْكَذِبَthe liel-kadhiba
  7. هَـٰذَاThishādhā
  8. حَلَـٰلٌۭ(is) lawfulḥalālun
  9. وَهَـٰذَاand thiswahādhā
  10. حَرَامٌۭ(is) forbiddenḥarāmun
  11. لِّتَفْتَرُوا۟so that you inventlitaftarū
  12. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  13. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  14. ٱلْكَذِبَ ۚthe liel-kadhiba
  15. إِنَّIndeedinna
  16. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  17. يَفْتَرُونَinventyaftarūna
  18. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  19. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  20. ٱلْكَذِبَthe liel-kadhiba
  21. لَاthey will not succeedlā
  22. يُفْلِحُونَthey will not succeedyuf'liḥūna

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