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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nahl, verse 9

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وعلى الله قصد السبيل ومنها جائر ولو شاء لهداكم اجمعين

and unto God leads straight The Way, but there are ways That turn aside: if God Had willed, He could have Guided all of you.

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  • Verse 9 of 128
  • Juz 14
  • Page 268

Word by word

  1. وَعَلَىAnd uponwaʿalā
  2. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  3. قَصْدُ(is) the directionqaṣdu
  4. ٱلسَّبِيلِ(of) the wayl-sabīli
  5. وَمِنْهَاand among themwamin'hā
  6. جَآئِرٌۭ ۚ(are) crookedjāirun
  7. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  8. شَآءَHe willedshāa
  9. لَهَدَىٰكُمْsurely He would have guided youlahadākum
  10. أَجْمَعِينَallajmaʿīna

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