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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 247

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وقال لهم نبيهم ان الله قد بعث لكم طالوت ملكا قالوا انى يكون له الملك علينا ونحن احق بالملك منه ولم يؤت سعة من المال قال ان الله اصطفاه عليكم وزاده بسطة في العلم والجسم والله يؤتي ملكه من يشاء والله واسع عليم

Their Prophet said to them: "God hath appointed Talut as king over you." They said: "How can he Exercise authority over us When we are better fitted Than he to exercise authority, And he is not even gifted, With wealth in abundance?" He said: "God hath Chosen him above you, And hath gifted him Abundantly with knowledge And bodily prowess: God Granteth His authority to whom He pleaseth. God careth For all, and He knoweth All things."

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  • Verse 247 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 40

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. لَهُمْto themlahum
  3. نَبِيُّهُمْtheir Prophetnabiyyuhum
  4. إِنَّIndeedinna
  5. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  6. قَدْ(has) surelyqad
  7. بَعَثَraisedbaʿatha
  8. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  9. طَالُوتَTalutṭālūta
  10. مَلِكًۭا ۚ(as) a kingmalikan
  11. قَالُوٓا۟They saidqālū
  12. أَنَّىٰHowannā
  13. يَكُونُcan beyakūnu
  14. لَهُfor himlahu
  15. ٱلْمُلْكُthe kingshipl-mul'ku
  16. عَلَيْنَاover usʿalaynā
  17. وَنَحْنُwhile wewanaḥnu
  18. أَحَقُّ(are) more entitledaḥaqqu
  19. بِٱلْمُلْكِto kingshipbil-mul'ki
  20. مِنْهُthan himmin'hu
  21. وَلَمْand notwalam
  22. يُؤْتَhe has been givenyu'ta
  23. سَعَةًۭabundancesaʿatan
  24. مِّنَofmina
  25. ٱلْمَالِ ۚ[the] wealthl-māli
  26. قَالَHe saidqāla
  27. إِنَّIndeedinna
  28. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  29. ٱصْطَفَىٰهُhas chosen himiṣ'ṭafāhu
  30. عَلَيْكُمْover youʿalaykum
  31. وَزَادَهُۥand increased himwazādahu
  32. بَسْطَةًۭabundantlybasṭatan
  33. فِىinfī
  34. ٱلْعِلْمِ[the] knowledgel-ʿil'mi
  35. وَٱلْجِسْمِ ۖand [the] physiquewal-jis'mi
  36. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  37. يُؤْتِىgivesyu'tī
  38. مُلْكَهُۥHis kingdommul'kahu
  39. مَن(to) whomman
  40. يَشَآءُ ۚHe willsyashāu
  41. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  42. وَٰسِعٌ(is) All-Encompassingwāsiʿun
  43. عَلِيمٌۭAll-Knowingʿalīmun

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