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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Furqan, verse 18

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Without diacritics

قالوا سبحانك ما كان ينبغي لنا ان نتخذ من دونك من اولياء ولكن متعتهم واباءهم حتى نسوا الذكر وكانوا قوما بورا

They will say: "Glory to Thee! Not meet was it for us That we should take For protectors others besides Thee: But Thou didst bestow, On them and their fathers, Good things (in life), until They forgot the Message: For they were a people (Worthless and) lost."

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  • Verse 18 of 77
  • Juz 18
  • Page 361

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟They sayqālū
  2. سُبْحَـٰنَكَGlory be to Yousub'ḥānaka
  3. مَاNotmā
  4. كَانَit was properkāna
  5. يَنۢبَغِىit was properyanbaghī
  6. لَنَآfor uslanā
  7. أَنthatan
  8. نَّتَّخِذَwe takenattakhidha
  9. مِنbesides Youmin
  10. دُونِكَbesides Youdūnika
  11. مِنْanymin
  12. أَوْلِيَآءَprotectorsawliyāa
  13. وَلَـٰكِنButwalākin
  14. مَّتَّعْتَهُمْYou gave them comfortsmattaʿtahum
  15. وَءَابَآءَهُمْand their forefatherswaābāahum
  16. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  17. نَسُوا۟they forgotnasū
  18. ٱلذِّكْرَthe Messagel-dhik'ra
  19. وَكَانُوا۟and becamewakānū
  20. قَوْمًۢاa peopleqawman
  21. بُورًۭاruinedbūran

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