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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 28

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فلولا نصرهم الذين اتخذوا من دون الله قربانا الهة بل ضلوا عنهم وذلك افكهم وما كانوا يفترون

Why then was no help Forthcoming to them from those Whom they worshipped as gods, Besides God, as a means Of access (to God)? Nay, They left them in the lurch: But that was their Falsehood and their invention.

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  • Verse 28 of 35
  • Juz 26
  • Page 505

Word by word

  1. فَلَوْلَاThen why (did) notfalawlā
  2. نَصَرَهُمُhelp themnaṣarahumu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whomalladhīna
  4. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟they had takenittakhadhū
  5. مِنbesidesmin
  6. دُونِbesidesdūni
  7. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  8. قُرْبَانًاgods as a way of approachqur'bānan
  9. ءَالِهَةًۢ ۖgods as a way of approachālihatan
  10. بَلْNaybal
  11. ضَلُّوا۟they were lostḍallū
  12. عَنْهُمْ ۚfrom themʿanhum
  13. وَذَٰلِكَAnd thatwadhālika
  14. إِفْكُهُمْ(was) their falsehoodif'kuhum
  15. وَمَاand whatwamā
  16. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  17. يَفْتَرُونَinventingyaftarūna

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