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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 253

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تلك الرسل فضلنا بعضهم على بعض منهم من كلم الله ورفع بعضهم درجات واتينا عيسى ابن مريم البينات وايدناه بروح القدس ولو شاء الله ما اقتتل الذين من بعدهم من بعد ما جاءتهم البينات ولكن اختلفوا فمنهم من امن ومنهم من كفر ولو شاء الله ما اقتتلوا ولكن الله يفعل ما يريد

Those apostles Were endowed with gifts, Some above others To one of them God spoke; Others He raised To degrees (of honour); To Jesus the son of Mary We gave Clear (Signs), And strengthened him With the holy spirit. If God had so willed, Succeeding generations Would not have fought Among each other, after Clear (Signs) had come to them, But they (chose) to wrangle, Some believing and Others Rejecting. If God had so willed, They would not have fought Each other; but God Fulfilleth His plan.

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  • Verse 253 of 286
  • Juz 3
  • Page 42

Word by word

  1. ۞ تِلْكَThesetil'ka
  2. ٱلرُّسُلُ(are) the Messengersl-rusulu
  3. فَضَّلْنَاWe (have) preferredfaḍḍalnā
  4. بَعْضَهُمْsome of thembaʿḍahum
  5. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  6. بَعْضٍۢ ۘothersbaʿḍin
  7. مِّنْهُمAmong themmin'hum
  8. مَّن(were those with) whomman
  9. كَلَّمَspokekallama
  10. ٱللَّهُ ۖAllahl-lahu
  11. وَرَفَعَand He raisedwarafaʿa
  12. بَعْضَهُمْsome of thembaʿḍahum
  13. دَرَجَـٰتٍۢ ۚ(in) degreesdarajātin
  14. وَءَاتَيْنَاAnd We gavewaātaynā
  15. عِيسَىIsaʿīsā
  16. ٱبْنَsonib'na
  17. مَرْيَمَ(of) Maryammaryama
  18. ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِthe clear proofsl-bayināti
  19. وَأَيَّدْنَـٰهُand We supported himwa-ayyadnāhu
  20. بِرُوحِwith Spiritbirūḥi
  21. ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ[the] Holyl-qudusi
  22. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  23. شَآءَ(had) willedshāa
  24. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  25. مَاnotmā
  26. ٱقْتَتَلَ(would have) fought each otheriq'tatala
  27. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  28. مِنۢ(came) frommin
  29. بَعْدِهِمafter thembaʿdihim
  30. مِّنۢfrommin
  31. بَعْدِafterbaʿdi
  32. مَا[what]mā
  33. جَآءَتْهُمُcame to themjāathumu
  34. ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُthe clear proofsl-bayinātu
  35. وَلَـٰكِنِ[And] butwalākini
  36. ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟they differedikh'talafū
  37. فَمِنْهُم[so] of themfamin'hum
  38. مَّنْ(are some) whoman
  39. ءَامَنَbelievedāmana
  40. وَمِنْهُمand of themwamin'hum
  41. مَّن(are some) whoman
  42. كَفَرَ ۚdeniedkafara
  43. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  44. شَآءَ(had) willedshāa
  45. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  46. مَاnotmā
  47. ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟they (would have) fought each otheriq'tatalū
  48. وَلَـٰكِنَّ[and] butwalākinna
  49. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  50. يَفْعَلُdoesyafʿalu
  51. مَاwhatmā
  52. يُرِيدُHe intendsyurīdu

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