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Quran Maqasid

Surah Maryam, verse 42

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اذ قال لابيه يا ابت لم تعبد ما لا يسمع ولا يبصر ولا يغني عنك شيئا

Behold, he said to his father: "O my father! why Worship that which heareth not And seeth not, and can Profit thee nothing?

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  • Verse 42 of 98
  • Juz 16
  • Page 308

Word by word

  1. إِذْWhenidh
  2. قَالَhe saidqāla
  3. لِأَبِيهِto his fatherli-abīhi
  4. يَـٰٓأَبَتِO my fatheryāabati
  5. لِمَWhylima
  6. تَعْبُدُ(do) you worshiptaʿbudu
  7. مَاthat whichmā
  8. لَاnotlā
  9. يَسْمَعُhearsyasmaʿu
  10. وَلَاand notwalā
  11. يُبْصِرُseesyub'ṣiru
  12. وَلَاand notwalā
  13. يُغْنِىbenefitsyugh'nī
  14. عَنكَ[to] youʿanka
  15. شَيْـًۭٔا(in) anythingshayan

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