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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Hajj, verse 12

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Without diacritics

يدعو من دون الله ما لا يضره وما لا ينفعه ذلك هو الضلال البعيد

They call on such deities: Besides God, as can neither Hurt nor profit them: That is straying far indeed (From the Way)!

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  • Verse 12 of 78
  • Juz 17
  • Page 333

Word by word

  1. يَدْعُوا۟He callsyadʿū
  2. مِنbesidesmin
  3. دُونِbesidesdūni
  4. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. لَاnotlā
  7. يَضُرُّهُۥharms himyaḍurruhu
  8. وَمَاand whatwamā
  9. لَاnotlā
  10. يَنفَعُهُۥ ۚbenefits himyanfaʿuhu
  11. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  12. هُوَ[it]huwa
  13. ٱلضَّلَـٰلُ(is) the strayingl-ḍalālu
  14. ٱلْبَعِيدُfar awayl-baʿīdu

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