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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Hajj, verse 13

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Without diacritics

يدعو لمن ضره اقرب من نفعه لبئس المولى ولبئس العشير

(Perhaps) they call on one Whose hurt is nearer Than his profit: evil, indeed, Is the patron, and evil The companion (for help)!

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  • Verse 13 of 78
  • Juz 17
  • Page 333

Word by word

  1. يَدْعُوا۟He callsyadʿū
  2. لَمَن(one) who laman
  3. ضَرُّهُۥٓhis harmḍarruhu
  4. أَقْرَبُ(is) closeraqrabu
  5. مِنthanmin
  6. نَّفْعِهِۦ ۚhis benefitnafʿihi
  7. لَبِئْسَSurely, an evillabi'sa
  8. ٱلْمَوْلَىٰprotectorl-mawlā
  9. وَلَبِئْسَand surely an evilwalabi'sa
  10. ٱلْعَشِيرُfriendl-ʿashīru

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