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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 18

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Without diacritics

من كان يريد العاجلة عجلنا له فيها ما نشاء لمن نريد ثم جعلنا له جهنم يصلاها مذموما مدحورا

If any do wish For the transitory things (Of this life), We readily Grant them—such things As We will, to such persons As We will: in the end Have We provided Hell For them: they will burn Therein, disgraced and rejected.

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  • Verse 18 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 284

Word by word

  1. مَّنWhoeverman
  2. كَانَshouldkāna
  3. يُرِيدُdesireyurīdu
  4. ٱلْعَاجِلَةَthe immediatel-ʿājilata
  5. عَجَّلْنَاWe hastenʿajjalnā
  6. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  7. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  8. مَاwhatmā
  9. نَشَآءُWe willnashāu
  10. لِمَنto whomliman
  11. نُّرِيدُWe intendnurīdu
  12. ثُمَّThenthumma
  13. جَعَلْنَاWe have madejaʿalnā
  14. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  15. جَهَنَّمَHelljahannama
  16. يَصْلَىٰهَاhe will burnyaṣlāhā
  17. مَذْمُومًۭاdisgracedmadhmūman
  18. مَّدْحُورًۭاrejectedmadḥūran

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