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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 47

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Without diacritics

نحن اعلم بما يستمعون به اذ يستمعون اليك واذ هم نجوى اذ يقول الظالمون ان تتبعون الا رجلا مسحورا

We know best why it is They listen, when they listen To thee; and when they Meet in private conference, Behold, the wicked say, "Ye follow none other than A man bewitched!"

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  • Verse 47 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 286

Word by word

  1. نَّحْنُWenaḥnu
  2. أَعْلَمُknow bestaʿlamu
  3. بِمَا[of] whatbimā
  4. يَسْتَمِعُونَthey listenyastamiʿūna
  5. بِهِۦٓto [it]bihi
  6. إِذْwhenidh
  7. يَسْتَمِعُونَthey listenyastamiʿūna
  8. إِلَيْكَto youilayka
  9. وَإِذْand whenwa-idh
  10. هُمْtheyhum
  11. نَجْوَىٰٓ(are) in private conversationnajwā
  12. إِذْwhenidh
  13. يَقُولُsayyaqūlu
  14. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimūna
  15. إِنNotin
  16. تَتَّبِعُونَyou followtattabiʿūna
  17. إِلَّاbutillā
  18. رَجُلًۭاa manrajulan
  19. مَّسْحُورًاbewitchedmasḥūran

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