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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 219

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يسالونك عن الخمر والميسر قل فيهما اثم كبير ومنافع للناس واثمهما اكبر من نفعهما ويسالونك ماذا ينفقون قل العفو كذلك يبين الله لكم الايات لعلكم تتفكرون

They ask thee Concerning wine and gambling. Say: "In them is great sin, And some profit, for men; But the sin is greater Than the profit." They ask thee how much They are to spend; Say: "What is beyond Your needs." Thus doth God Make clear to you His Signs: in order that Ye may consider—

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  • Verse 219 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 34

Word by word

  1. ۞ يَسْـَٔلُونَكَThey ask youyasalūnaka
  2. عَنِaboutʿani
  3. ٱلْخَمْرِ[the] intoxicantsl-khamri
  4. وَٱلْمَيْسِرِ ۖand [the] games of chancewal-maysiri
  5. قُلْSayqul
  6. فِيهِمَآIn both of themfīhimā
  7. إِثْمٌۭ(is) a sinith'mun
  8. كَبِيرٌۭgreatkabīrun
  9. وَمَنَـٰفِعُand (some) benefitswamanāfiʿu
  10. لِلنَّاسِfor [the] peoplelilnnāsi
  11. وَإِثْمُهُمَآBut sin of both of themwa-ith'muhumā
  12. أَكْبَرُ(is) greaterakbaru
  13. مِنthanmin
  14. نَّفْعِهِمَا ۗ(the) benefit of (the) twonafʿihimā
  15. وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَAnd they ask youwayasalūnaka
  16. مَاذَاwhatmādhā
  17. يُنفِقُونَthey (should) spendyunfiqūna
  18. قُلِSayquli
  19. ٱلْعَفْوَ ۗThe surplusl-ʿafwa
  20. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  21. يُبَيِّنُmakes clearyubayyinu
  22. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  23. لَكُمُto youlakumu
  24. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ[the] Versesl-āyāti
  25. لَعَلَّكُمْso that you maylaʿallakum
  26. تَتَفَكَّرُونَpondertatafakkarūna

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