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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 142

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سيقول السفهاء من الناس ما ولاهم عن قبلتهم التي كانوا عليها قل لله المشرق والمغرب يهدي من يشاء الى صراط مستقيم

The Fools among the people Will say: "What hath turned Them from the Qibla to which They were used?" Say: To God belong both East and West: He guideth whom He will To a Way that is straight.

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  • Verse 142 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 22

Word by word

  1. ۞ سَيَقُولُWill saysayaqūlu
  2. ٱلسُّفَهَآءُthe foolish onesl-sufahāu
  3. مِنَfrommina
  4. ٱلنَّاسِthe peoplel-nāsi
  5. مَاWhatmā
  6. وَلَّىٰهُمْ(has) turned themwallāhum
  7. عَنfromʿan
  8. قِبْلَتِهِمُtheir direction of prayerqib'latihimu
  9. ٱلَّتِىwhichallatī
  10. كَانُوا۟they were used tokānū
  11. عَلَيْهَا ۚ[on it]ʿalayhā
  12. قُلSayqul
  13. لِّلَّهِFor Allahlillahi
  14. ٱلْمَشْرِقُ(is) the eastl-mashriqu
  15. وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚand the westwal-maghribu
  16. يَهْدِىHe guidesyahdī
  17. مَنwhomman
  18. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu
  19. إِلَىٰtoilā
  20. صِرَٰطٍۢa pathṣirāṭin
  21. مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢstraightmus'taqīmin

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