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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 35

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وقال الذين اشركوا لو شاء الله ما عبدنا من دونه من شيء نحن ولا اباؤنا ولا حرمنا من دونه من شيء كذلك فعل الذين من قبلهم فهل على الرسل الا البلاغ المبين

The worshippers of false gods Say: "If God had so willed, We should not have worshipped Aught but Him—neither we Nor our fathers,—nor should We have prescribed prohibitions Other than His." So did those Who went before them. But what is the mission Of apostles but to preach The Clear Message?

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  • Verse 35 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 271

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. أَشْرَكُوا۟associate partners (with Allah)ashrakū
  4. لَوْIflaw
  5. شَآءَAllah (had) willedshāa
  6. ٱللَّهُAllah (had) willedl-lahu
  7. مَاnotmā
  8. عَبَدْنَاwe (would) have worshippedʿabadnā
  9. مِنother than Himmin
  10. دُونِهِۦother than Himdūnihi
  11. مِنanymin
  12. شَىْءٍۢthingshayin
  13. نَّحْنُwenaḥnu
  14. وَلَآand notwalā
  15. ءَابَآؤُنَاour forefathersābāunā
  16. وَلَاand notwalā
  17. حَرَّمْنَاwe (would) have forbiddenḥarramnā
  18. مِنother than Himmin
  19. دُونِهِۦother than Himdūnihi
  20. مِنanythingmin
  21. شَىْءٍۢ ۚanythingshayin
  22. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  23. فَعَلَdidfaʿala
  24. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  25. مِن(were) before themmin
  26. قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ(were) before themqablihim
  27. فَهَلْThen is (there)fahal
  28. عَلَىonʿalā
  29. ٱلرُّسُلِthe messengersl-rusuli
  30. إِلَّاexceptillā
  31. ٱلْبَلَـٰغُthe conveyancel-balāghu
  32. ٱلْمُبِينُclearl-mubīnu

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