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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 78

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ومنهم اميون لا يعلمون الكتاب الا اماني وان هم الا يظنون

And there are among them Illiterates, who know not the Book, But (see therein their own) desires, And they do nothing but conjecture.

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  • Verse 78 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 12

Word by word

  1. وَمِنْهُمْAnd among themwamin'hum
  2. أُمِّيُّونَ(are) unlettered onesummiyyūna
  3. لَا(who) do notlā
  4. يَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna
  5. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَthe bookl-kitāba
  6. إِلَّآexceptillā
  7. أَمَانِىَّwishful thinkingamāniyya
  8. وَإِنْand notwa-in
  9. هُمْtheyhum
  10. إِلَّا(do anything) exceptillā
  11. يَظُنُّونَguessyaẓunnūna

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