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Quran Maqasid

Surah Fussilat, verse 34

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Without diacritics

ولا تستوي الحسنة ولا السيئة ادفع بالتي هي احسن فاذا الذي بينك وبينه عداوة كانه ولي حميم

Nor can Goodness and Evil Be equal. Repel (Evil) With what is better: Then will he between whom And thee was hatred Become as it were Thy friend and intimate!

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  • Verse 34 of 54
  • Juz 24
  • Page 480

Word by word

  1. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  2. تَسْتَوِى(are) equaltastawī
  3. ٱلْحَسَنَةُthe good (deed)l-ḥasanatu
  4. وَلَاandwalā
  5. ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚthe evil (deed)l-sayi-atu
  6. ٱدْفَعْRepelid'faʿ
  7. بِٱلَّتِىby (that) whichbi-allatī
  8. هِىَ[it]hiya
  9. أَحْسَنُ(is) betteraḥsanu
  10. فَإِذَاthen beholdfa-idhā
  11. ٱلَّذِىOne whoalladhī
  12. بَيْنَكَbetween youbaynaka
  13. وَبَيْنَهُۥand between himwabaynahu
  14. عَدَٰوَةٌۭ(was) enmityʿadāwatun
  15. كَأَنَّهُۥ(will become) as if heka-annahu
  16. وَلِىٌّ(was) a friendwaliyyun
  17. حَمِيمٌۭintimateḥamīmun

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