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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 168

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الذين قالوا لاخوانهم وقعدوا لو اطاعونا ما قتلوا قل فادرءوا عن انفسكم الموت ان كنتم صادقين

(They are) the ones that say, (Of their brethren slain), While they themselves Sit (at ease): "If only They had listened to us, They would not have been slain." Say: "Avert death From your own selves, If ye speak the truth."

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  • Verse 168 of 200
  • Juz 4
  • Page 72

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose whoalladhīna
  2. قَالُوا۟saidqālū
  3. لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْabout their brothersli-ikh'wānihim
  4. وَقَعَدُوا۟while they satwaqaʿadū
  5. لَوْIflaw
  6. أَطَاعُونَاthey (had) obeyed usaṭāʿūnā
  7. مَاnotmā
  8. قُتِلُوا۟ ۗthey would have been killedqutilū
  9. قُلْSayqul
  10. فَٱدْرَءُوا۟Then avertfa-id'raū
  11. عَنْfromʿan
  12. أَنفُسِكُمُyourselvesanfusikumu
  13. ٱلْمَوْتَ[the] deathl-mawta
  14. إِنifin
  15. كُنتُمْyou arekuntum
  16. صَـٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

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