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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 46

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من الذين هادوا يحرفون الكلم عن مواضعه ويقولون سمعنا وعصينا واسمع غير مسمع وراعنا ليا بالسنتهم وطعنا في الدين ولو انهم قالوا سمعنا واطعنا واسمع وانظرنا لكان خيرا لهم واقوم ولكن لعنهم الله بكفرهم فلا يؤمنون الا قليلا

Of the Jews there are those Who displace words From their (right) places, And say: "We hear And we disobey"; And "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Rā’inā";— With a twist of their tongues And a slander to Faith. If only they had said: "We hear and we obey; And "Do hear"; And "Do look at us": It would have been better For them, and more proper; But God hath cursed them For their Unbelief; and but few Of them will believe.

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  • Verse 46 of 176
  • Juz 5
  • Page 86

Word by word

  1. مِّنَOfmina
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. هَادُوا۟are Jewshādū
  4. يُحَرِّفُونَthey distortyuḥarrifūna
  5. ٱلْكَلِمَthe wordsl-kalima
  6. عَنfromʿan
  7. مَّوَاضِعِهِۦtheir placesmawāḍiʿihi
  8. وَيَقُولُونَand they saywayaqūlūna
  9. سَمِعْنَاWe hear[d]samiʿ'nā
  10. وَعَصَيْنَاand we disobey[ed]waʿaṣaynā
  11. وَٱسْمَعْand "Hearwa-is'maʿ
  12. غَيْرَnotghayra
  13. مُسْمَعٍۢto be heardmus'maʿin
  14. وَرَٰعِنَاand "Rainawarāʿinā
  15. لَيًّۢاtwistinglayyan
  16. بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ[with] their tonguesbi-alsinatihim
  17. وَطَعْنًۭاand defamingwaṭaʿnan
  18. فِى[in]fī
  19. ٱلدِّينِ ۚthe religionl-dīni
  20. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  21. أَنَّهُمْ[that] theyannahum
  22. قَالُوا۟(had) saidqālū
  23. سَمِعْنَاWe hear[d]samiʿ'nā
  24. وَأَطَعْنَاand we obey[ed]wa-aṭaʿnā
  25. وَٱسْمَعْand "Hearwa-is'maʿ
  26. وَٱنظُرْنَاand look (at) uswa-unẓur'nā
  27. لَكَانَsurely it (would) have beenlakāna
  28. خَيْرًۭاbetterkhayran
  29. لَّهُمْfor themlahum
  30. وَأَقْوَمَand more suitablewa-aqwama
  31. وَلَـٰكِن[And] butwalākin
  32. لَّعَنَهُمُcursed themlaʿanahumu
  33. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  34. بِكُفْرِهِمْfor their disbeliefbikuf'rihim
  35. فَلَاso notfalā
  36. يُؤْمِنُونَthey believeyu'minūna
  37. إِلَّاexceptillā
  38. قَلِيلًۭاa fewqalīlan

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