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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 99

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Without diacritics

قل يا اهل الكتاب لم تصدون عن سبيل الله من امن تبغونها عوجا وانتم شهداء وما الله بغافل عما تعملون

Say: "O ye People of the Book! Why obstruct ye Those who believe, From the Path of God, Seeking to make it crooked, While ye were yourselves Witnesses (to God's Covenant)?' But God is not unmindful Of all that ye do."

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  • Verse 99 of 200
  • Juz 4
  • Page 62

Word by word

  1. قُلْSayqul
  2. يَـٰٓأَهْلَO Peopleyāahla
  3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  4. لِمَWhylima
  5. تَصُدُّونَ(do) you hindertaṣuddūna
  6. عَنfromʿan
  7. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  8. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  9. مَنْ(those) whoman
  10. ءَامَنَbelieve[d]āmana
  11. تَبْغُونَهَاseeking (to make) ittabghūnahā
  12. عِوَجًۭا(seem) crookedʿiwajan
  13. وَأَنتُمْwhile youwa-antum
  14. شُهَدَآءُ ۗ(are) witnessesshuhadāu
  15. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  16. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  17. بِغَـٰفِلٍ(is) unawarebighāfilin
  18. عَمَّاof whatʿammā
  19. تَعْمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna

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