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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 257

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الله ولي الذين امنوا يخرجهم من الظلمات الى النور والذين كفروا اولياؤهم الطاغوت يخرجونهم من النور الى الظلمات اولئك اصحاب النار هم فيها خالدون

God is the Protector Of those who have faith: From the depths of darkness He will lead them forth Into light. Of those Who reject faith the patrons Are the Evil Ones: from light They will lead them forth Into the depths of darkness. They will be Companions Of the fire, to dwell therein (For ever).

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  • Verse 257 of 286
  • Juz 3
  • Page 43

Word by word

  1. ٱللَّهُAllahal-lahu
  2. وَلِىُّ(is the) Protecting Guardianwaliyyu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  4. ءَامَنُوا۟believe[d]āmanū
  5. يُخْرِجُهُمHe brings them outyukh'rijuhum
  6. مِّنَfrommina
  7. ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ[the] darknessl-ẓulumāti
  8. إِلَىtowardsilā
  9. ٱلنُّورِ ۖ[the] lightl-nūri
  10. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  11. كَفَرُوٓا۟disbelieve(d)kafarū
  12. أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُtheir guardiansawliyāuhumu
  13. ٱلطَّـٰغُوتُ(are) the evil onesl-ṭāghūtu
  14. يُخْرِجُونَهُمthey bring them outyukh'rijūnahum
  15. مِّنَfrommina
  16. ٱلنُّورِthe lightl-nūri
  17. إِلَىtowardsilā
  18. ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ ۗ[the] darknessl-ẓulumāti
  19. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  20. أَصْحَـٰبُ(are the) companionsaṣḥābu
  21. ٱلنَّارِ ۖ(of) the Firel-nāri
  22. هُمْtheyhum
  23. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  24. خَـٰلِدُونَwill abide foreverkhālidūna

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