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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 220

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في الدنيا والاخرة ويسالونك عن اليتامى قل اصلاح لهم خير وان تخالطوهم فاخوانكم والله يعلم المفسد من المصلح ولو شاء الله لاعنتكم ان الله عزيز حكيم

(Their bearings) on This life and the Hereafter. They ask thee Concerning orphans. Say: "The best thing to do Is what is for their good; If ye mix Their affairs with yours, They are your brethren; But God knows The man who means mischief From the man who means good. And if God had wished, He could have put you Into difficulties: He is indeed Exalted in Power, Wise.

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  • Verse 220 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 35

Word by word

  1. فِىConcerningfī
  2. ٱلدُّنْيَاthe worldl-dun'yā
  3. وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۗand the Hereafterwal-ākhirati
  4. وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَThey ask youwayasalūnaka
  5. عَنِaboutʿani
  6. ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ ۖthe orphansl-yatāmā
  7. قُلْSayqul
  8. إِصْلَاحٌۭSetting right (their affairs)iṣ'lāḥun
  9. لَّهُمْfor themlahum
  10. خَيْرٌۭ ۖ(is) bestkhayrun
  11. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  12. تُخَالِطُوهُمْyou associate with themtukhāliṭūhum
  13. فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ ۚthen they (are) your brothersfa-ikh'wānukum
  14. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  15. يَعْلَمُknowsyaʿlamu
  16. ٱلْمُفْسِدَthe corrupterl-muf'sida
  17. مِنَfrommina
  18. ٱلْمُصْلِحِ ۚthe amenderl-muṣ'liḥi
  19. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  20. شَآءَ(had) willedshāa
  21. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  22. لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚsurely He (could have) put you in difficultiesla-aʿnatakum
  23. إِنَّIndeedinna
  24. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  25. عَزِيزٌ(is) All-Mightyʿazīzun
  26. حَكِيمٌۭAll-Wiseḥakīmun

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