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Quran Maqasid

Surah Luqman, verse 13

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واذ قال لقمان لابنه وهو يعظه يا بني لا تشرك بالله ان الشرك لظلم عظيم

Behold, Luqmān said To his son by way of Instruction: "O my son! Join not in worship (Others) with God: for False worship is indeed The highest wrong-doing."

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  • Verse 13 of 34
  • Juz 21
  • Page 412

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالَsaidqāla
  3. لُقْمَـٰنُLuqmanluq'mānu
  4. لِٱبْنِهِۦto his sonli-ib'nihi
  5. وَهُوَwhile hewahuwa
  6. يَعِظُهُۥ(was) instructing himyaʿiẓuhu
  7. يَـٰبُنَىَّO my sonyābunayya
  8. لَا(Do) notlā
  9. تُشْرِكْassociate partnerstush'rik
  10. بِٱللَّهِ ۖwith Allahbil-lahi
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. ٱلشِّرْكَassociating partnersl-shir'ka
  13. لَظُلْمٌ(is) surely an injusticelaẓul'mun
  14. عَظِيمٌۭgreatʿaẓīmun

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