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Quran Maqasid

Surah Az-Zukhruf, verse 20

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وقالوا لو شاء الرحمن ما عبدناهم ما لهم بذلك من علم ان هم الا يخرصون

("Ah!") they say, "If It had been the Will Of (God) Most Gracious, We should not have Worshipped such (deities)!" Of that they have No knowledge! They Do nothing but lie!

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  • Verse 20 of 89
  • Juz 25
  • Page 490

Word by word

  1. وَقَالُوا۟And they saywaqālū
  2. لَوْIflaw
  3. شَآءَhad willedshāa
  4. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُthe Most Graciousl-raḥmānu
  5. مَاwe would not have worshipped themmā
  6. عَبَدْنَـٰهُم ۗwe would not have worshipped themʿabadnāhum
  7. مَّاNotmā
  8. لَهُمthey havelahum
  9. بِذَٰلِكَabout thatbidhālika
  10. مِنْanymin
  11. عِلْمٍ ۖknowledgeʿil'min
  12. إِنْNothingin
  13. هُمْthey (do)hum
  14. إِلَّاbutillā
  15. يَخْرُصُونَlieyakhruṣūna

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