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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 129

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ولن تستطيعوا ان تعدلوا بين النساء ولو حرصتم فلا تميلوا كل الميل فتذروها كالمعلقة وان تصلحوا وتتقوا فان الله كان غفورا رحيما

Ye are never able To be fair and just As between women, Even if it is Your ardent desire: But turn not away (From a woman) altogether, So as to leave her (as it were) Hanging (in the air). If ye come to a friendly Understanding, and practise Self-restraint, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.

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  • Verse 129 of 176
  • Juz 5
  • Page 99

Word by word

  1. وَلَنAnd neverwalan
  2. تَسْتَطِيعُوٓا۟will you be abletastaṭīʿū
  3. أَنtoan
  4. تَعْدِلُوا۟deal justlytaʿdilū
  5. بَيْنَbetweenbayna
  6. ٱلنِّسَآءِ[the] womenl-nisāi
  7. وَلَوْeven ifwalaw
  8. حَرَصْتُمْ ۖyou desiredḥaraṣtum
  9. فَلَاbut (do) notfalā
  10. تَمِيلُوا۟inclinetamīlū
  11. كُلَّ(with) allkulla
  12. ٱلْمَيْلِthe inclinationl-mayli
  13. فَتَذَرُوهَاand leave her (the other)fatadharūhā
  14. كَٱلْمُعَلَّقَةِ ۚlike the suspended onekal-muʿalaqati
  15. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  16. تُصْلِحُوا۟you reconciletuṣ'liḥū
  17. وَتَتَّقُوا۟and fear (Allah)watattaqū
  18. فَإِنَّthen indeedfa-inna
  19. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  20. كَانَiskāna
  21. غَفُورًۭاOft-Forgivingghafūran
  22. رَّحِيمًۭاMost Mercifulraḥīman

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