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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nur, verse 12

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Without diacritics

لولا اذ سمعتموه ظن المؤمنون والمؤمنات بانفسهم خيرا وقالوا هذا افك مبين

Why did not the Believers Men and women—when ye Heard of the affair,—put The best construction on it In their own minds And say, "This (charge) Is an obvious lie"?

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  • Verse 12 of 64
  • Juz 18
  • Page 351

Word by word

  1. لَّوْلَآWhy notlawlā
  2. إِذْwhenidh
  3. سَمِعْتُمُوهُyou heard itsamiʿ'tumūhu
  4. ظَنَّthinkẓanna
  5. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَthe believing menl-mu'minūna
  6. وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتُand the believing womenwal-mu'minātu
  7. بِأَنفُسِهِمْgood of themselvesbi-anfusihim
  8. خَيْرًۭاgood of themselveskhayran
  9. وَقَالُوا۟and saywaqālū
  10. هَـٰذَآThishādhā
  11. إِفْكٌۭ(is) a lieif'kun
  12. مُّبِينٌۭclearmubīnun

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