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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 246

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الم تر الى الملا من بني اسرائيل من بعد موسى اذ قالوا لنبي لهم ابعث لنا ملكا نقاتل في سبيل الله قال هل عسيتم ان كتب عليكم القتال الا تقاتلوا قالوا وما لنا الا نقاتل في سبيل الله وقد اخرجنا من ديارنا وابنائنا فلما كتب عليهم القتال تولوا الا قليلا منهم والله عليم بالظالمين

Hast thou not Turned thy vision to the Chiefs Of the Children of Israel After (the time of) Moses? They said to a Prophet (That was) among them: "Appoint for us a King, that we May fight in the cause of God." He said: "Is it not possible, If ye were commanded To fight, that that ye Will not fight?" They said: "How could we refuse To fight in the cause of God, Seeing that we were turned out Of our homes and our families?" But when they were commanded To fight, they turned back, Except a small band Among them. But God Has full knowledge of those Who do wrong.

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  • Verse 246 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 40

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  1. أَلَمْDid notalam
  2. تَرَyou seetara
  3. إِلَى[towards]ilā
  4. ٱلْمَلَإِthe chiefsl-mala-i
  5. مِنۢofmin
  6. بَنِىٓ(the) Childrenbanī
  7. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ(of) Israelis'rāīla
  8. مِنۢfrommin
  9. بَعْدِafterbaʿdi
  10. مُوسَىٰٓMusamūsā
  11. إِذْwhenidh
  12. قَالُوا۟they saidqālū
  13. لِنَبِىٍّۢto a Prophetlinabiyyin
  14. لَّهُمُof theirslahumu
  15. ٱبْعَثْAppointib'ʿath
  16. لَنَاfor uslanā
  17. مَلِكًۭاa kingmalikan
  18. نُّقَـٰتِلْwe may fightnuqātil
  19. فِىinfī
  20. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  21. ٱللَّهِ ۖ(of) Allahl-lahi
  22. قَالَHe saidqāla
  23. هَلْWouldhal
  24. عَسَيْتُمْyou perhaps ʿasaytum
  25. إِنifin
  26. كُتِبَprescribedkutiba
  27. عَلَيْكُمُupon youʿalaykumu
  28. ٱلْقِتَالُ[the] fightingl-qitālu
  29. أَلَّاthat notallā
  30. تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ۖyou fighttuqātilū
  31. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  32. وَمَاAnd whatwamā
  33. لَنَآfor uslanā
  34. أَلَّاthat notallā
  35. نُقَـٰتِلَwe fightnuqātila
  36. فِىinfī
  37. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  38. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  39. وَقَدْwhile surelywaqad
  40. أُخْرِجْنَاwe have been drivenukh'rij'nā
  41. مِنfrommin
  42. دِيَـٰرِنَاour homesdiyārinā
  43. وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖand our childrenwa-abnāinā
  44. فَلَمَّاYet, whenfalammā
  45. كُتِبَwas prescribedkutiba
  46. عَلَيْهِمُupon themʿalayhimu
  47. ٱلْقِتَالُthe fightingl-qitālu
  48. تَوَلَّوْا۟they turned awaytawallaw
  49. إِلَّاexceptillā
  50. قَلِيلًۭاa fewqalīlan
  51. مِّنْهُمْ ۗamong themmin'hum
  52. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  53. عَلِيمٌۢ(is) All-Knowingʿalīmun
  54. بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَof the wrongdoersbil-ẓālimīna

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