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Quran Maqasid

Surah Fussilat, verse 51

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Without diacritics

واذا انعمنا على الانسان اعرض وناى بجانبه واذا مسه الشر فذو دعاء عريض

When We bestow favours On man, he turns away, And gets himself remote On his side (instead of' Coming to Us); and when Evil seizes him, (he comes) Full of prolonged prayer!

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  • Verse 51 of 54
  • Juz 25
  • Page 482

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَآAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. أَنْعَمْنَاWe bestow favoranʿamnā
  3. عَلَىuponʿalā
  4. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِmanl-insāni
  5. أَعْرَضَhe turns away aʿraḍa
  6. وَنَـَٔاand distances himselfwanaā
  7. بِجَانِبِهِۦand distances himselfbijānibihi
  8. وَإِذَاbut whenwa-idhā
  9. مَسَّهُtouches himmassahu
  10. ٱلشَّرُّthe evill-sharu
  11. فَذُوthen (he is) fullfadhū
  12. دُعَآءٍ(of) supplicationduʿāin
  13. عَرِيضٍۢlengthyʿarīḍin

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