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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nur, verse 16

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Without diacritics

ولولا اذ سمعتموه قلتم ما يكون لنا ان نتكلم بهذا سبحانك هذا بهتان عظيم

And why did ye not, When ye heard it, say?— "It is not right of us To speak of this: Glory to God! this is A most serious slander!"

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  • Verse 16 of 64
  • Juz 18
  • Page 351

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْلَآAnd why notwalawlā
  2. إِذْwhenidh
  3. سَمِعْتُمُوهُyou heard itsamiʿ'tumūhu
  4. قُلْتُمyou saidqul'tum
  5. مَّاNotmā
  6. يَكُونُit isyakūnu
  7. لَنَآfor uslanā
  8. أَنthatan
  9. نَّتَكَلَّمَwe speaknatakallama
  10. بِهَـٰذَاof thisbihādhā
  11. سُبْحَـٰنَكَGlory be to Yousub'ḥānaka
  12. هَـٰذَاThishādhā
  13. بُهْتَـٰنٌ(is) a slanderbuh'tānun
  14. عَظِيمٌۭgreatʿaẓīmun

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