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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nur, verse 21

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يا ايها الذين امنوا لا تتبعوا خطوات الشيطان ومن يتبع خطوات الشيطان فانه يامر بالفحشاء والمنكر ولولا فضل الله عليكم ورحمته ما زكى منكم من احد ابدا ولكن الله يزكي من يشاء والله سميع عليم

O ye who believe! Follow not Satan's footsteps: If any will follow the footsteps Of Satan, he will (but) command What is shameful and wrong: And were it not for the grace And mercy of God on you. Not one of you would ever Have been pure: but God Doth purify whom He pleases: And God is One Who Hears and knows (all things).

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  • Verse 21 of 64
  • Juz 18
  • Page 352

Word by word

  1. ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟O you who believeāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَتَّبِعُوا۟followtattabiʿū
  6. خُطُوَٰتِ(the) footstepskhuṭuwāti
  7. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ(of) the Shaitaanl-shayṭāni
  8. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  9. يَتَّبِعْfollowsyattabiʿ
  10. خُطُوَٰتِ(the) footstepskhuṭuwāti
  11. ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ(of) the Shaitaanl-shayṭāni
  12. فَإِنَّهُۥthen indeed, hefa-innahu
  13. يَأْمُرُcommandsyamuru
  14. بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِthe immoralitybil-faḥshāi
  15. وَٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚand the evilwal-munkari
  16. وَلَوْلَاAnd if notwalawlā
  17. فَضْلُ(for the) Grace of Allahfaḍlu
  18. ٱللَّهِ(for the) Grace of Allahl-lahi
  19. عَلَيْكُمْupon youʿalaykum
  20. وَرَحْمَتُهُۥand His Mercywaraḥmatuhu
  21. مَاnotmā
  22. زَكَىٰ(would) have been purezakā
  23. مِنكُمamong youminkum
  24. مِّنْanyonemin
  25. أَحَدٍanyoneaḥadin
  26. أَبَدًۭاeverabadan
  27. وَلَـٰكِنَّbutwalākinna
  28. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  29. يُزَكِّىpurifiesyuzakkī
  30. مَنwhomman
  31. يَشَآءُ ۗHe willsyashāu
  32. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  33. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearersamīʿun
  34. عَلِيمٌۭAll-Knowerʿalīmun

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