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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 135

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وقالوا كونوا هودا او نصارى تهتدوا قل بل ملة ابراهيم حنيفا وما كان من المشركين

They say: "Become Jews Or Christians if ye would be guided (To salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the Religion Of Abraham the True, And he joined not gods with God."

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  • Verse 135 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 21

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟And they saidwaqālū
  2. كُونُوا۟Bekūnū
  3. هُودًاJewshūdan
  4. أَوْoraw
  5. نَصَـٰرَىٰChristiansnaṣārā
  6. تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ(then) you will be guidedtahtadū
  7. قُلْSayqul
  8. بَلْNaybal
  9. مِلَّةَ(the) religionmillata
  10. إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ(of) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  11. حَنِيفًۭا ۖ(the) uprightḥanīfan
  12. وَمَاand notwamā
  13. كَانَhe waskāna
  14. مِنَofmina
  15. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَthose who associated partners (with Allah)l-mush'rikīna

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