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Quran Maqasid

Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 8

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ولو شاء الله لجعلهم امة واحدة ولكن يدخل من يشاء في رحمته والظالمون ما لهم من ولي ولا نصير

If God had so willed, He could have made them A single people; but He Admits whom He will To His Mercy; And the wrong-doers Will have no protector Nor helper.

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  • Verse 8 of 53
  • Juz 25
  • Page 483

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  2. شَآءَAllah willedshāa
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah willedl-lahu
  4. لَجَعَلَهُمْHe could have made themlajaʿalahum
  5. أُمَّةًۭa communityummatan
  6. وَٰحِدَةًۭonewāḥidatan
  7. وَلَـٰكِنbutwalākin
  8. يُدْخِلُHe admitsyud'khilu
  9. مَنwhomman
  10. يَشَآءُHe willsyashāu
  11. فِىin (to)fī
  12. رَحْمَتِهِۦ ۚHis Mercyraḥmatihi
  13. وَٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَAnd the wrongdoerswal-ẓālimūna
  14. مَاnotmā
  15. لَهُمfor themlahum
  16. مِّنanymin
  17. وَلِىٍّۢprotectorwaliyyin
  18. وَلَاand notwalā
  19. نَصِيرٍany helpernaṣīrin

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