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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 83

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واذ اخذنا ميثاق بني اسرائيل لا تعبدون الا الله وبالوالدين احسانا وذي القربى واليتامى والمساكين وقولوا للناس حسنا واقيموا الصلاة واتوا الزكاة ثم توليتم الا قليلا منكم وانتم معرضون

And remember We took A Covenant from the Children Of Israel (to this effect): Worship none but God; Treat with kindness Your parents and kindred, And orphans and those in need; Speak fair to the people; Be steadfast in prayer; And practise regular charity. Then did ye turn back, Except a few among you, And ye backslide (even now).

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  • Verse 83 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 12

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَخَذْنَاWe tookakhadhnā
  3. مِيثَـٰقَ(the) covenantmīthāqa
  4. بَنِىٓ(from the) Childrenbanī
  5. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ(of) Israelis'rāīla
  6. لَاNotlā
  7. تَعْبُدُونَyou will worshiptaʿbudūna
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  10. وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِand with [the] parentswabil-wālidayni
  11. إِحْسَانًۭا(be) goodiḥ'sānan
  12. وَذِىand (with)wadhī
  13. ٱلْقُرْبَىٰrelativesl-qur'bā
  14. وَٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰand [the] orphanswal-yatāmā
  15. وَٱلْمَسَـٰكِينِand the needywal-masākīni
  16. وَقُولُوا۟and speakwaqūlū
  17. لِلنَّاسِto [the] peoplelilnnāsi
  18. حُسْنًۭاgoodḥus'nan
  19. وَأَقِيمُوا۟and establishwa-aqīmū
  20. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  21. وَءَاتُوا۟and givewaātū
  22. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَthe zakahl-zakata
  23. ثُمَّThenthumma
  24. تَوَلَّيْتُمْyou turned awaytawallaytum
  25. إِلَّاexceptillā
  26. قَلِيلًۭاa fewqalīlan
  27. مِّنكُمْof youminkum
  28. وَأَنتُمand you (were)wa-antum
  29. مُّعْرِضُونَrefusingmuʿ'riḍūna

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