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Quran Maqasid

Surah Fussilat, verse 5

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وقالوا قلوبنا في اكنة مما تدعونا اليه وفي اذاننا وقر ومن بيننا وبينك حجاب فاعمل اننا عاملون

They say: "Our hearts are Under veils, (concealed) From that to which thou Dost invite us, and In our ears is a deafness, And between us and thee Is a screen: so do Thou (what thou wilt); For us, we shall do (What we will!)"

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  • Verse 5 of 54
  • Juz 24
  • Page 477

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟And they saywaqālū
  2. قُلُوبُنَاOur heartsqulūbunā
  3. فِىٓ(are) infī
  4. أَكِنَّةٍۢcoveringsakinnatin
  5. مِّمَّاfrom whatmimmā
  6. تَدْعُونَآyou call ustadʿūnā
  7. إِلَيْهِto itilayhi
  8. وَفِىٓand inwafī
  9. ءَاذَانِنَاour earsādhāninā
  10. وَقْرٌۭ(is) deafnesswaqrun
  11. وَمِنۢand between uswamin
  12. بَيْنِنَاand between usbayninā
  13. وَبَيْنِكَand between youwabaynika
  14. حِجَابٌۭ(is) a screenḥijābun
  15. فَٱعْمَلْSo workfa-iʿ'mal
  16. إِنَّنَاindeed, weinnanā
  17. عَـٰمِلُونَ(are) workingʿāmilūna

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