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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 168

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يا ايها الناس كلوا مما في الارض حلالا طيبا ولا تتبعوا خطوات الشيطان انه لكم عدو مبين

O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, Lawful and good; And do not follow The footsteps of the Evil One, For he is to you An avowed enemy.

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  • Verse 168 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 25

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاOyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلنَّاسُmankindl-nāsu
  3. كُلُوا۟Eatkulū
  4. مِمَّاof whatmimmā
  5. فِى(is) infī
  6. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  7. حَلَـٰلًۭاlawfulḥalālan
  8. طَيِّبًۭا(and) goodṭayyiban
  9. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  10. تَتَّبِعُوا۟followtattabiʿū
  11. خُطُوَٰتِ(the) footsteps (of)khuṭuwāti
  12. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚthe Shaitaanl-shayṭāni
  13. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahu
  14. لَكُمْ(is) to youlakum
  15. عَدُوٌّۭan enemyʿaduwwun
  16. مُّبِينٌclearmubīnun

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