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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Naml, verse 46

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قال يا قوم لم تستعجلون بالسيئة قبل الحسنة لولا تستغفرون الله لعلكم ترحمون

He said: "O my people! Why ask ye to hasten on The evil in preference to the good? If only ye ask God for forgiveness, Ye may hope to receive mercy.

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  • Verse 46 of 93
  • Juz 19
  • Page 381

Word by word

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. يَـٰقَوْمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  3. لِمَWhylima
  4. تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ(do) you seek to hastentastaʿjilūna
  5. بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِthe evilbil-sayi-ati
  6. قَبْلَbeforeqabla
  7. ٱلْحَسَنَةِ ۖthe goodl-ḥasanati
  8. لَوْلَاWhy notlawlā
  9. تَسْتَغْفِرُونَyou ask forgivenesstastaghfirūna
  10. ٱللَّهَ(of) Allahl-laha
  11. لَعَلَّكُمْso that you maylaʿallakum
  12. تُرْحَمُونَreceive mercytur'ḥamūna

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