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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Hajj, verse 73

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يا ايها الناس ضرب مثل فاستمعوا له ان الذين تدعون من دون الله لن يخلقوا ذبابا ولو اجتمعوا له وان يسلبهم الذباب شيئا لا يستنقذوه منه ضعف الطالب والمطلوب

O men! Here is A parable set forth! Listen to it! Those On whom, besides God, Ye call, cannot create (Even) a fly, if they all Met together for the purpose! And if the fly should snatch Away anything from them, They would have no power To release it from the fly. Feeble are those who petition And those whom they petition!

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  • Verse 73 of 78
  • Juz 17
  • Page 341

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO mankindyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلنَّاسُO mankindl-nāsu
  3. ضُرِبَIs set forthḍuriba
  4. مَثَلٌۭan examplemathalun
  5. فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟so listenfa-is'tamiʿū
  6. لَهُۥٓ ۚto itlahu
  7. إِنَّIndeedinna
  8. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  9. تَدْعُونَyou invoketadʿūna
  10. مِنbesides Allahmin
  11. دُونِbesides Allahdūni
  12. ٱللَّهِbesides Allahl-lahi
  13. لَنwill neverlan
  14. يَخْلُقُوا۟createyakhluqū
  15. ذُبَابًۭاa flydhubāban
  16. وَلَوِeven ifwalawi
  17. ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟they gathered togetherij'tamaʿū
  18. لَهُۥ ۖfor itlahu
  19. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  20. يَسْلُبْهُمُsnatched away from themyaslub'humu
  21. ٱلذُّبَابُthe flyl-dhubābu
  22. شَيْـًۭٔاa thingshayan
  23. لَّاnotlā
  24. يَسْتَنقِذُوهُthey (could) take it backyastanqidhūhu
  25. مِنْهُ ۚfrom itmin'hu
  26. ضَعُفَSo weakḍaʿufa
  27. ٱلطَّالِبُ(are) the seekerl-ṭālibu
  28. وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُand the one who is soughtwal-maṭlūbu

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