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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 144

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Without diacritics

يا ايها الذين امنوا لا تتخذوا الكافرين اولياء من دون المؤمنين اتريدون ان تجعلوا لله عليكم سلطانا مبينا

O ye who believe! Take not for friends Unbelievers rather than Believers: do ye wish To offer God an open Proof against yourselves?

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  • Verse 144 of 176
  • Juz 5
  • Page 101

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟believe[d]āmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَتَّخِذُوا۟taketattakhidhū
  6. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
  7. أَوْلِيَآءَ(as) alliesawliyāa
  8. مِنfrommin
  9. دُونِinstead ofdūni
  10. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۚthe believersl-mu'minīna
  11. أَتُرِيدُونَDo you wishaturīdūna
  12. أَنthatan
  13. تَجْعَلُوا۟you maketajʿalū
  14. لِلَّهِfor Allahlillahi
  15. عَلَيْكُمْagainst youʿalaykum
  16. سُلْطَـٰنًۭاan evidencesul'ṭānan
  17. مُّبِينًاclearmubīnan

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