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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 42

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Without diacritics

قل لو كان معه الهة كما يقولون اذا لابتغوا الى ذي العرش سبيلا

Say: if there had been (Other) gods with Him,— As they say,—behold, They would certainly have Sought out a way To the Lord of the Throne!

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  • Verse 42 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 286

Word by word

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّوْIflaw
  3. كَانَ(there) werekāna
  4. مَعَهُۥٓwith Himmaʿahu
  5. ءَالِهَةٌۭgodsālihatun
  6. كَمَاaskamā
  7. يَقُولُونَthey sayyaqūlūna
  8. إِذًۭاthenidhan
  9. لَّٱبْتَغَوْا۟surely they (would) have soughtla-ib'taghaw
  10. إِلَىٰtoilā
  11. ذِى(the) Ownerdhī
  12. ٱلْعَرْشِ(of) the Thronel-ʿarshi
  13. سَبِيلًۭاa waysabīlan

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