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Quran Maqasid

Surah Az-Zumar, verse 3

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الا لله الدين الخالص والذين اتخذوا من دونه اولياء ما نعبدهم الا ليقربونا الى الله زلفى ان الله يحكم بينهم في ما هم فيه يختلفون ان الله لا يهدي من هو كاذب كفار

Is it not to God That sincere devotion Is due? But those who Take for protectors others Than God (say): "We only Serve them in order that They may bring us nearer To God." Truly God Will judge between them In that wherein they differ. But God guides not Such as are false And ungrateful.

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  • Verse 3 of 75
  • Juz 23
  • Page 458

Word by word

  1. أَلَاUnquestionablyalā
  2. لِلَّهِfor Allahlillahi
  3. ٱلدِّينُ(is) the religionl-dīnu
  4. ٱلْخَالِصُ ۚthe purel-khāliṣu
  5. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  6. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟takeittakhadhū
  7. مِنbesides Himmin
  8. دُونِهِۦٓbesides Himdūnihi
  9. أَوْلِيَآءَprotectorsawliyāa
  10. مَاNotmā
  11. نَعْبُدُهُمْwe worship themnaʿbuduhum
  12. إِلَّاexceptillā
  13. لِيُقَرِّبُونَآthat they may bring us nearliyuqarribūnā
  14. إِلَىtoilā
  15. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  16. زُلْفَىٰٓ(in) nearnesszul'fā
  17. إِنَّIndeedinna
  18. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  19. يَحْكُمُwill judgeyaḥkumu
  20. بَيْنَهُمْbetween thembaynahum
  21. فِىinfī
  22. مَاwhatmā
  23. هُمْtheyhum
  24. فِيهِ[in it]fīhi
  25. يَخْتَلِفُونَ ۗdifferyakhtalifūna
  26. إِنَّIndeedinna
  27. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  28. لَا(does) notlā
  29. يَهْدِىguideyahdī
  30. مَنْ(one) whoman
  31. هُوَ[he]huwa
  32. كَـٰذِبٌۭ(is) a liarkādhibun
  33. كَفَّارٌۭand a disbelieverkaffārun

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