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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 64

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Without diacritics

وما هذه الحياة الدنيا الا لهو ولعب وان الدار الاخرة لهي الحيوان لو كانوا يعلمون

What is the life of this world But amusement and play? But verily the Home In the Hereafter,—that is Life indeed, if they but knew.

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  • Verse 64 of 69
  • Juz 21
  • Page 404

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. هَـٰذِهِ(is) thishādhihi
  3. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُlifel-ḥayatu
  4. ٱلدُّنْيَآ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  5. إِلَّاbutillā
  6. لَهْوٌۭamusementlahwun
  7. وَلَعِبٌۭ ۚand playwalaʿibun
  8. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  9. ٱلدَّارَthe Homel-dāra
  10. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ(of) the Hereafter l-ākhirata
  11. لَهِىَsurely, itlahiya
  12. ٱلْحَيَوَانُ ۚ(is) the lifel-ḥayawānu
  13. لَوْif onlylaw
  14. كَانُوا۟theykānū
  15. يَعْلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

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