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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 147

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Without diacritics

وما كان قولهم الا ان قالوا ربنا اغفر لنا ذنوبنا واسرافنا في امرنا وثبت اقدامنا وانصرنا على القوم الكافرين

All that they said was: "Our Lord! forgive us Our sins and anything We may have done That transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, And help us against Those that resist Faith."

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  • Verse 147 of 200
  • Juz 4
  • Page 68

Word by word

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. كَانَwerekāna
  3. قَوْلَهُمْtheir wordsqawlahum
  4. إِلَّآexceptillā
  5. أَنthatan
  6. قَالُوا۟they saidqālū
  7. رَبَّنَاOur Lordrabbanā
  8. ٱغْفِرْforgiveigh'fir
  9. لَنَاfor uslanā
  10. ذُنُوبَنَاour sinsdhunūbanā
  11. وَإِسْرَافَنَاand our excesseswa-is'rāfanā
  12. فِىٓinfī
  13. أَمْرِنَاour affairsamrinā
  14. وَثَبِّتْand make firmwathabbit
  15. أَقْدَامَنَاour feetaqdāmanā
  16. وَٱنصُرْنَاand give us victorywa-unṣur'nā
  17. عَلَىoverʿalā
  18. ٱلْقَوْمِ[the people]l-qawmi
  19. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna

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