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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 98

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Without diacritics

الا المستضعفين من الرجال والنساء والولدان لا يستطيعون حيلة ولا يهتدون سبيلا

Except those who are (Really) weak and oppressed— Men, women, and children— Who have no means In their power, nor (a guide-post) To direct their way.

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  • Verse 98 of 176
  • Juz 5
  • Page 94

Word by word

  1. إِلَّاExceptillā
  2. ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَthe oppressedl-mus'taḍʿafīna
  3. مِنَamongmina
  4. ٱلرِّجَالِthe menl-rijāli
  5. وَٱلنِّسَآءِand the womenwal-nisāi
  6. وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِand the childrenwal-wil'dāni
  7. لَا(who) notlā
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَare able toyastaṭīʿūna
  9. حِيلَةًۭplanḥīlatan
  10. وَلَاand notwalā
  11. يَهْتَدُونَthey are directedyahtadūna
  12. سَبِيلًۭا(to) a waysabīlan

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