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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Isra, verse 94

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وما منع الناس ان يؤمنوا اذ جاءهم الهدى الا ان قالوا ابعث الله بشرا رسولا

What kept men back From Belief when Guidance Came to them, was nothing But this: they said, "Has God sent a man (Like us) to be (His) Apostle?"

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  • Verse 94 of 111
  • Juz 15
  • Page 291

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd whatwamā
  2. مَنَعَpreventedmanaʿa
  3. ٱلنَّاسَthe peoplel-nāsa
  4. أَنthatan
  5. يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟they believeyu'minū
  6. إِذْwhenidh
  7. جَآءَهُمُcame to themjāahumu
  8. ٱلْهُدَىٰٓthe guidancel-hudā
  9. إِلَّآexceptillā
  10. أَنthatan
  11. قَالُوٓا۟they saidqālū
  12. أَبَعَثَHas Allah sentabaʿatha
  13. ٱللَّهُHas Allah sentl-lahu
  14. بَشَرًۭاa humanbasharan
  15. رَّسُولًۭاMessengerrasūlan

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