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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 187

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واذ اخذ الله ميثاق الذين اوتوا الكتاب لتبيننه للناس ولا تكتمونه فنبذوه وراء ظهورهم واشتروا به ثمنا قليلا فبئس ما يشترون

And remember God took a Covenant From the People of the Book, To make it known And clear to mankind, And not to hide it; But they threw it away Behind their backs, And purchased with it Some miserable gain! And vile was the bargain They made!

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  • Verse 187 of 200
  • Juz 4
  • Page 75

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَخَذَtookakhadha
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. مِيثَـٰقَa Covenantmīthāqa
  5. ٱلَّذِينَ(from) those whoalladhīna
  6. أُوتُوا۟were givenūtū
  7. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  8. لَتُبَيِّنُنَّهُۥYou certainly make it clearlatubayyinunnahu
  9. لِلنَّاسِto the mankindlilnnāsi
  10. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  11. تَكْتُمُونَهُۥconceal ittaktumūnahu
  12. فَنَبَذُوهُThen they threw itfanabadhūhu
  13. وَرَآءَbehindwarāa
  14. ظُهُورِهِمْtheir backsẓuhūrihim
  15. وَٱشْتَرَوْا۟and they exchangedwa-ish'taraw
  16. بِهِۦ[with] itbihi
  17. ثَمَنًۭا(for) a pricethamanan
  18. قَلِيلًۭا ۖlittleqalīlan
  19. فَبِئْسَAnd wretchedfabi'sa
  20. مَا(is) whatmā
  21. يَشْتَرُونَthey purchaseyashtarūna

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