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Quran Maqasid

Surah Taha, verse 89

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Without diacritics

افلا يرون الا يرجع اليهم قولا ولا يملك لهم ضرا ولا نفعا

Could they not see that It could not return them A word (for answer), and that It had no power either To harm them or To do them good?

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  • Verse 89 of 135
  • Juz 16
  • Page 318

Word by word

  1. أَفَلَاThen, did notafalā
  2. يَرَوْنَthey seeyarawna
  3. أَلَّاthat notallā
  4. يَرْجِعُit (could) returnyarjiʿu
  5. إِلَيْهِمْto themilayhim
  6. قَوْلًۭاa wordqawlan
  7. وَلَاand notwalā
  8. يَمْلِكُpossessyamliku
  9. لَهُمْfor themlahum
  10. ضَرًّۭاany harmḍarran
  11. وَلَاand notwalā
  12. نَفْعًۭاany benefitnafʿan

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