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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 16

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اولئك الذين اشتروا الضلالة بالهدى فما ربحت تجارتهم وما كانوا مهتدين

These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, And they have lost true direction,

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  • Verse 16 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 3

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the ones whoalladhīna
  3. ٱشْتَرَوُا۟boughtish'tarawū
  4. ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ[the] astrayingl-ḍalālata
  5. بِٱلْهُدَىٰfor [the] guidancebil-hudā
  6. فَمَاSo notfamā
  7. رَبِحَتprofitedrabiḥat
  8. تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْtheir commercetijāratuhum
  9. وَمَاand notwamā
  10. كَانُوا۟were theykānū
  11. مُهْتَدِينَguided-onesmuh'tadīna

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