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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 66

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Without diacritics

ولو انا كتبنا عليهم ان اقتلوا انفسكم او اخرجوا من دياركم ما فعلوه الا قليل منهم ولو انهم فعلوا ما يوعظون به لكان خيرا لهم واشد تثبيتا

If We had ordered them To sacrifice their lives Or to leave their homes, Very few of them Would have done it: But if they had done What they were (actually) told, It would have been best For them, and would have gone Farthest to strengthen their (faith);

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  • Verse 66 of 176
  • Juz 5
  • Page 89

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  2. أَنَّا[that] Weannā
  3. كَتَبْنَا(had) decreedkatabnā
  4. عَلَيْهِمْon themʿalayhim
  5. أَنِthatani
  6. ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟Killuq'tulū
  7. أَنفُسَكُمْyourselvesanfusakum
  8. أَوِorawi
  9. ٱخْرُجُوا۟Go forthukh'rujū
  10. مِنfrommin
  11. دِيَـٰرِكُمyour homesdiyārikum
  12. مَّاnotmā
  13. فَعَلُوهُthey would have done itfaʿalūhu
  14. إِلَّاexceptillā
  15. قَلِيلٌۭa fewqalīlun
  16. مِّنْهُمْ ۖof themmin'hum
  17. وَلَوْBut ifwalaw
  18. أَنَّهُمْ[that] theyannahum
  19. فَعَلُوا۟had donefaʿalū
  20. مَاwhatmā
  21. يُوعَظُونَthey were advisedyūʿaẓūna
  22. بِهِۦwith [it]bihi
  23. لَكَانَsurely (it) would have beenlakāna
  24. خَيْرًۭاbetterkhayran
  25. لَّهُمْfor themlahum
  26. وَأَشَدَّand strongerwa-ashadda
  27. تَثْبِيتًۭاstrengthen(ing)tathbītan

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