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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ghafir, verse 74

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من دون الله قالوا ضلوا عنا بل لم نكن ندعو من قبل شيئا كذلك يضل الله الكافرين

"In derogation of God?" They will reply: "They have Left us in the lurch: Nay, we invoked not, Of old, anything (that had Real existence)." Thus Does God leave The Unbelievers to stray.

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  • Verse 74 of 85
  • Juz 24
  • Page 475

Word by word

  1. مِنOther thanmin
  2. دُونِOther thandūni
  3. ٱللَّهِ ۖAllahl-lahi
  4. قَالُوا۟They will sayqālū
  5. ضَلُّوا۟They have departedḍallū
  6. عَنَّاfrom usʿannā
  7. بَلNaybal
  8. لَّمْNotlam
  9. نَكُنwe used tonakun
  10. نَّدْعُوا۟[we] callnadʿū
  11. مِنbeforemin
  12. قَبْلُbeforeqablu
  13. شَيْـًۭٔا ۚanythingshayan
  14. كَذَٰلِكَThuskadhālika
  15. يُضِلُّAllah lets go astrayyuḍillu
  16. ٱللَّهُAllah lets go astrayl-lahu
  17. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna

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