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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 17

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Without diacritics

مثلهم كمثل الذي استوقد نارا فلما اضاءت ما حوله ذهب الله بنورهم وتركهم في ظلمات لا يبصرون

Their similitude is that of a man Who kindled a fire; When it lighted all around him, God took away their light And left them in utter darkness. So they could not see.

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  • Verse 17 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 4

Word by word

  1. مَثَلُهُمْTheir examplemathaluhum
  2. كَمَثَلِ(is) like (the) examplekamathali
  3. ٱلَّذِى(of) the one whoalladhī
  4. ٱسْتَوْقَدَkindledis'tawqada
  5. نَارًۭاa firenāran
  6. فَلَمَّآthen, whenfalammā
  7. أَضَآءَتْit illuminatedaḍāat
  8. مَاwhatmā
  9. حَوْلَهُۥ(was) around himḥawlahu
  10. ذَهَبَtook awaydhahaba
  11. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  12. بِنُورِهِمْtheir lightbinūrihim
  13. وَتَرَكَهُمْand left themwatarakahum
  14. فِىinfī
  15. ظُلُمَـٰتٍۢdarkness[es]ẓulumātin
  16. لَّا(so) notlā
  17. يُبْصِرُونَ(do) they seeyub'ṣirūna

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