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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 188

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Without diacritics

ولا تاكلوا اموالكم بينكم بالباطل وتدلوا بها الى الحكام لتاكلوا فريقا من اموال الناس بالاثم وانتم تعلمون

And do not eat up Your property among yourselves For vanities, nor use it As bait for the judges, With intent that ye may Eat up wrongfully and knowingly A little of (other) people's property.

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  • Verse 188 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 29

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  2. تَأْكُلُوٓا۟eattakulū
  3. أَمْوَٰلَكُمyour propertiesamwālakum
  4. بَيْنَكُمamong yourselvesbaynakum
  5. بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِwrongfullybil-bāṭili
  6. وَتُدْلُوا۟and presentwatud'lū
  7. بِهَآ[with] itbihā
  8. إِلَىtoilā
  9. ٱلْحُكَّامِthe authoritiesl-ḥukāmi
  10. لِتَأْكُلُوا۟so that you may eatlitakulū
  11. فَرِيقًۭاa portionfarīqan
  12. مِّنْfrommin
  13. أَمْوَٰلِ(the) wealthamwāli
  14. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  15. بِٱلْإِثْمِsinfullybil-ith'mi
  16. وَأَنتُمْwhile youwa-antum
  17. تَعْلَمُونَknowtaʿlamūna

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