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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 89

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ودوا لو تكفرون كما كفروا فتكونون سواء فلا تتخذوا منهم اولياء حتى يهاجروا في سبيل الله فان تولوا فخذوهم واقتلوهم حيث وجدتموهم ولا تتخذوا منهم وليا ولا نصيرا

They but wish that ye Should reject Faith, As they do, and thus be On the same footing (as they): But take not friends From their ranks Until they flee In the way of God (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, Seize them and slay them Wherever ye find them; And (in any case) take No friends or helpers From their ranks:—

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  • Verse 89 of 176
  • Juz 5
  • Page 92

Word by word

  1. وَدُّوا۟They wishwaddū
  2. لَوْiflaw
  3. تَكْفُرُونَyou disbelievetakfurūna
  4. كَمَاaskamā
  5. كَفَرُوا۟they disbelievedkafarū
  6. فَتَكُونُونَand you would befatakūnūna
  7. سَوَآءًۭ ۖalikesawāan
  8. فَلَاSo (do) notfalā
  9. تَتَّخِذُوا۟taketattakhidhū
  10. مِنْهُمْfrom themmin'hum
  11. أَوْلِيَآءَalliesawliyāa
  12. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  13. يُهَاجِرُوا۟they emigrateyuhājirū
  14. فِىinfī
  15. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  16. ٱللَّهِ ۚ(of) Allahl-lahi
  17. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  18. تَوَلَّوْا۟they turn backtawallaw
  19. فَخُذُوهُمْseize themfakhudhūhum
  20. وَٱقْتُلُوهُمْand kill themwa-uq'tulūhum
  21. حَيْثُwhereverḥaythu
  22. وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ ۖyou find themwajadttumūhum
  23. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  24. تَتَّخِذُوا۟taketattakhidhū
  25. مِنْهُمْfrom themmin'hum
  26. وَلِيًّۭاany allywaliyyan
  27. وَلَاand notwalā
  28. نَصِيرًاany helpernaṣīran

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