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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Kahf, verse 5

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Without diacritics

ما لهم به من علم ولا لابائهم كبرت كلمة تخرج من افواههم ان يقولون الا كذبا

No knowledge have they Of such a thing, nor Had their fathers. It is A grievous thing that issues From their mouths as a saying. What they say is nothing But falsehood!

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  • Verse 5 of 110
  • Juz 15
  • Page 294

Word by word

  1. مَّاNotmā
  2. لَهُمthey havelahum
  3. بِهِۦabout itbihi
  4. مِنْanymin
  5. عِلْمٍۢknowledgeʿil'min
  6. وَلَاand notwalā
  7. لِـَٔابَآئِهِمْ ۚtheir forefathersliābāihim
  8. كَبُرَتْGrave (is)kaburat
  9. كَلِمَةًۭthe wordkalimatan
  10. تَخْرُجُ(that) comes outtakhruju
  11. مِنْofmin
  12. أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۚtheir mouthsafwāhihim
  13. إِنNotin
  14. يَقُولُونَthey sayyaqūlūna
  15. إِلَّاexceptillā
  16. كَذِبًۭاa liekadhiban

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