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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 215

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Without diacritics

يسالونك ماذا ينفقون قل ما انفقتم من خير فللوالدين والاقربين واليتامى والمساكين وابن السبيل وما تفعلوا من خير فان الله به عليم

They ask thee What they should spend (In charity). Say: Whatever Ye spend that is good, Is for parents and kindred And orphans And those in want And for wayfarers. And whatever ye do That is good,—God Knoweth it well.

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  • Verse 215 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 33

Word by word

  1. يَسْـَٔلُونَكَThey ask youyasalūnaka
  2. مَاذَاwhatmādhā
  3. يُنفِقُونَ ۖthey (should) spendyunfiqūna
  4. قُلْSayqul
  5. مَآWhatevermā
  6. أَنفَقْتُمyou spendanfaqtum
  7. مِّنْofmin
  8. خَيْرٍۢgoodkhayrin
  9. فَلِلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ(is) for parentsfalil'wālidayni
  10. وَٱلْأَقْرَبِينَand the relativeswal-aqrabīna
  11. وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰand the orphanswal-yatāmā
  12. وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِand the needywal-masākīni
  13. وَٱبْنِand (of)wa-ib'ni
  14. ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۗthe wayfarerl-sabīli
  15. وَمَاAnd whateverwamā
  16. تَفْعَلُوا۟you dotafʿalū
  17. مِنْofmin
  18. خَيْرٍۢgoodkhayrin
  19. فَإِنَّSo indeedfa-inna
  20. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  21. بِهِۦof itbihi
  22. عَلِيمٌۭ(is) All-Awareʿalīmun

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