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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 178

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Without diacritics

ولا يحسبن الذين كفروا انما نملي لهم خير لانفسهم انما نملي لهم ليزدادوا اثما ولهم عذاب مهين

Let not the Unbelievers Think that Our respite To them is good for themselves: We grant them respite That they may grow In their iniquity: But they will have A shameful punishment.

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  • Verse 178 of 200
  • Juz 4
  • Page 73

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd (let) notwalā
  2. يَحْسَبَنَّthinkyaḥsabanna
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. كَفَرُوٓا۟disbelievedkafarū
  5. أَنَّمَاthatannamā
  6. نُمْلِىWe give respitenum'lī
  7. لَهُمْto themlahum
  8. خَيْرٌۭ(is) goodkhayrun
  9. لِّأَنفُسِهِمْ ۚfor themselvesli-anfusihim
  10. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  11. نُمْلِىWe give respitenum'lī
  12. لَهُمْto themlahum
  13. لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟so that they may increaseliyazdādū
  14. إِثْمًۭا ۚ(in) sinsith'man
  15. وَلَهُمْand for themwalahum
  16. عَذَابٌۭ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  17. مُّهِينٌۭhumiliatingmuhīnun

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