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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 48

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Without diacritics

انظر كيف ضربوا لك الامثال فضلوا فلا يستطيعون سبيلا

See what similes they strike For thee: but they have gone Astray, and never can they Find a way.

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  • Verse 48 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 286

Word by word

  1. ٱنظُرْSeeunẓur
  2. كَيْفَhowkayfa
  3. ضَرَبُوا۟they put forthḍarabū
  4. لَكَfor youlaka
  5. ٱلْأَمْثَالَthe examplesl-amthāla
  6. فَضَلُّوا۟but they have gone astrayfaḍallū
  7. فَلَاso notfalā
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَthey canyastaṭīʿūna
  9. سَبِيلًۭا(find) a waysabīlan

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