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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anbya, verse 17

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Without diacritics

لو اردنا ان نتخذ لهوا لاتخذناه من لدنا ان كنا فاعلين

If it had been Our wish To take (just) a pastime, We should surely have taken It from the things nearest To Us, if We would Do (such a thing)!

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  • Verse 17 of 112
  • Juz 17
  • Page 323

Word by word

  1. لَوْIflaw
  2. أَرَدْنَآWe intendedaradnā
  3. أَنthatan
  4. نَّتَّخِذَWe takenattakhidha
  5. لَهْوًۭاa pastimelahwan
  6. لَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُsurely We (could have) taken itla-ittakhadhnāhu
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. لَّدُنَّآUsladunnā
  9. إِنifin
  10. كُنَّاWe werekunnā
  11. فَـٰعِلِينَdoersfāʿilīna

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