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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 61

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ولو يؤاخذ الله الناس بظلمهم ما ترك عليها من دابة ولكن يؤخرهم الى اجل مسمى فاذا جاء اجلهم لا يستاخرون ساعة ولا يستقدمون

If God were to punish Men for their wrong-doing, He would not leave, on the (earth); A single living creature: But He gives them respite For a stated Term: When their Term expires, They would not be able To delay (the punishment) For a single hour, just as They would not be able To anticipate it (for a single hour).

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  • Verse 61 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 273

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  2. يُؤَاخِذُAllah were to seizeyuākhidhu
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah were to seizel-lahu
  4. ٱلنَّاسَthe mankindl-nāsa
  5. بِظُلْمِهِمfor their wrongdoingbiẓul'mihim
  6. مَّاnotmā
  7. تَرَكَHe (would) have lefttaraka
  8. عَلَيْهَاupon itʿalayhā
  9. مِنanymin
  10. دَآبَّةٍۢmoving creaturedābbatin
  11. وَلَـٰكِنbutwalākin
  12. يُؤَخِّرُهُمْHe defers themyu-akhiruhum
  13. إِلَىٰٓforilā
  14. أَجَلٍۢa termajalin
  15. مُّسَمًّۭى ۖappointedmusamman
  16. فَإِذَاThen whenfa-idhā
  17. جَآءَcomesjāa
  18. أَجَلُهُمْtheir termsajaluhum
  19. لَاnotlā
  20. يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَthey (will) remain behindyastakhirūna
  21. سَاعَةًۭ ۖan hoursāʿatan
  22. وَلَاand notwalā
  23. يَسْتَقْدِمُونَthey can advance (it)yastaqdimūna

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