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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 216

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كتب عليكم القتال وهو كره لكم وعسى ان تكرهوا شيئا وهو خير لكم وعسى ان تحبوا شيئا وهو شر لكم والله يعلم وانتم لا تعلمون

Fighting is prescribed For you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible That ye dislike a thing Which is good for you, And that ye love a thing Which is bad for you. But God knoweth, And ye know not.

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  • Verse 216 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 34

Word by word

  1. كُتِبَIs prescribedkutiba
  2. عَلَيْكُمُupon youʿalaykumu
  3. ٱلْقِتَالُ[the] fightingl-qitālu
  4. وَهُوَwhile itwahuwa
  5. كُرْهٌۭ(is) hatefulkur'hun
  6. لَّكُمْ ۖto youlakum
  7. وَعَسَىٰٓBut perhapswaʿasā
  8. أَن[that]an
  9. تَكْرَهُوا۟you disliketakrahū
  10. شَيْـًۭٔاa thingshayan
  11. وَهُوَand itwahuwa
  12. خَيْرٌۭ(is) goodkhayrun
  13. لَّكُمْ ۖfor youlakum
  14. وَعَسَىٰٓand perhapswaʿasā
  15. أَن[that]an
  16. تُحِبُّوا۟you lovetuḥibbū
  17. شَيْـًۭٔاa thingshayan
  18. وَهُوَand itwahuwa
  19. شَرٌّۭ(is) badsharrun
  20. لَّكُمْ ۗfor youlakum
  21. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  22. يَعْلَمُknowsyaʿlamu
  23. وَأَنتُمْwhile youwa-antum
  24. لَا(do) notlā
  25. تَعْلَمُونَknowtaʿlamūna

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