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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 36

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Without diacritics

ولا تقف ما ليس لك به علم ان السمع والبصر والفؤاد كل اولئك كان عنه مسئولا

And pursue not that Of which thou hast No knowledge; for Every act of hearing, Or of seeing Or of (feeling in) the heart Will be enquired into (On the Day of Reckoning).

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  • Verse 36 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 285

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَقْفُpursuetaqfu
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. لَيْسَnotlaysa
  5. لَكَyou havelaka
  6. بِهِۦof itbihi
  7. عِلْمٌ ۚany knowledgeʿil'mun
  8. إِنَّIndeedinna
  9. ٱلسَّمْعَthe hearingl-samʿa
  10. وَٱلْبَصَرَand the sightwal-baṣara
  11. وَٱلْفُؤَادَand the heartwal-fuāda
  12. كُلُّallkullu
  13. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَthoseulāika
  14. كَانَwill bekāna
  15. عَنْهُ[about it]ʿanhu
  16. مَسْـُٔولًۭاquestionedmasūlan

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