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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 53

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وقل لعبادي يقولوا التي هي احسن ان الشيطان ينزغ بينهم ان الشيطان كان للانسان عدوا مبينا

Say to My servants That they should (only) say Those things that are best: For Satan doth sow Dissensions among them: For Satan is to man An avowed enemy.

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  • Verse 53 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 287

Word by word

  1. وَقُلAnd saywaqul
  2. لِّعِبَادِىto My slavesliʿibādī
  3. يَقُولُوا۟(to) sayyaqūlū
  4. ٱلَّتِىthatallatī
  5. هِىَwhichhiya
  6. أَحْسَنُ ۚ(is) bestaḥsanu
  7. إِنَّIndeedinna
  8. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَthe Shaitaanl-shayṭāna
  9. يَنزَغُsows discordyanzaghu
  10. بَيْنَهُمْ ۚbetween thembaynahum
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَthe Shaitaanl-shayṭāna
  13. كَانَiskāna
  14. لِلْإِنسَـٰنِto the manlil'insāni
  15. عَدُوًّۭاan enemyʿaduwwan
  16. مُّبِينًۭاclearmubīnan

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