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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 13

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واذا قيل لهم امنوا كما امن الناس قالوا انؤمن كما امن السفهاء الا انهم هم السفهاء ولكن لا يعلمون

When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:" They say: "Shall we believe As the fools believe?" Nay, of a surety they are the fools, But they do not know."

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  • Verse 13 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 3

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  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  3. لَهُمْto themlahum
  4. ءَامِنُوا۟Believeāminū
  5. كَمَآaskamā
  6. ءَامَنَbelievedāmana
  7. ٱلنَّاسُthe peoplel-nāsu
  8. قَالُوٓا۟they sayqālū
  9. أَنُؤْمِنُShould we believeanu'minu
  10. كَمَآaskamā
  11. ءَامَنَbelievedāmana
  12. ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗthe foolsl-sufahāu
  13. أَلَآBewarealā
  14. إِنَّهُمْcertainly theyinnahum
  15. هُمُthemselveshumu
  16. ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ(are) the foolsl-sufahāu
  17. وَلَـٰكِن[and] butwalākin
  18. لَّاnotlā
  19. يَعْلَمُونَthey knowyaʿlamūna

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