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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 24

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فقال الملا الذين كفروا من قومه ما هذا الا بشر مثلكم يريد ان يتفضل عليكم ولو شاء الله لانزل ملائكة ما سمعنا بهذا في ابائنا الاولين

The chiefs of the Unbelievers Among his people said: "He is no more than a man Like yourselves: his wish is To assert his superiority Over you: if God had wished (To send messengers), He could have sent down Angels: never did we hear Such a thing (as he says), Among our ancestors of old."

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  • Verse 24 of 118
  • Juz 18
  • Page 343

Word by word

  1. فَقَالَBut saidfaqāla
  2. ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟the chiefsl-mala-u
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُوا۟disbelievedkafarū
  5. مِنamongmin
  6. قَوْمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  7. مَاThis is notmā
  8. هَـٰذَآThis is nothādhā
  9. إِلَّاbutillā
  10. بَشَرٌۭa manbasharun
  11. مِّثْلُكُمْlike youmith'lukum
  12. يُرِيدُhe wishesyurīdu
  13. أَنtoan
  14. يَتَفَضَّلَassert (his) superiorityyatafaḍḍala
  15. عَلَيْكُمْover youʿalaykum
  16. وَلَوْand ifwalaw
  17. شَآءَAllah had willedshāa
  18. ٱللَّهُAllah had willedl-lahu
  19. لَأَنزَلَsurely He (would have) sent downla-anzala
  20. مَلَـٰٓئِكَةًۭAngelsmalāikatan
  21. مَّاNotmā
  22. سَمِعْنَاwe heardsamiʿ'nā
  23. بِهَـٰذَاof thisbihādhā
  24. فِىٓfromfī
  25. ءَابَآئِنَاour forefathersābāinā
  26. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَour forefathersl-awalīna

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