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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 31

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Without diacritics

ولا تقتلوا اولادكم خشية املاق نحن نرزقهم واياكم ان قتلهم كان خطئا كبيرا

Kill not your children For fear of want: We shall Provide sustenance for them As well as for you. Verily the killing of them Is a great sin.

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  • Verse 31 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 285

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَقْتُلُوٓا۟killtaqtulū
  3. أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْyour childrenawlādakum
  4. خَشْيَةَ(for) fearkhashyata
  5. إِمْلَـٰقٍۢ ۖ(of) povertyim'lāqin
  6. نَّحْنُWenaḥnu
  7. نَرْزُقُهُمْ(We) provide for themnarzuquhum
  8. وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚand for youwa-iyyākum
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. قَتْلَهُمْtheir killingqatlahum
  11. كَانَiskāna
  12. خِطْـًۭٔاa sinkhiṭ'an
  13. كَبِيرًۭاgreatkabīran

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