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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 183

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Without diacritics

يا ايها الذين امنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون

O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you As it was prescribed To those before you, That ye may (learn) Self-restraint,—

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  • Verse 183 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 28

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟believe[d]āmanū
  4. كُتِبَIs prescribedkutiba
  5. عَلَيْكُمُfor youʿalaykumu
  6. ٱلصِّيَامُ[the] fastingl-ṣiyāmu
  7. كَمَاaskamā
  8. كُتِبَwas prescribedkutiba
  9. عَلَىtoʿalā
  10. ٱلَّذِينَthosealladhīna
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. قَبْلِكُمْbefore youqablikum
  13. لَعَلَّكُمْso that you maylaʿallakum
  14. تَتَّقُونَ(become) righteoustattaqūna

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