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Quran Maqasid

Surah Muhammad, verse 20

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ويقول الذين امنوا لولا نزلت سورة فاذا انزلت سورة محكمة وذكر فيها القتال رايت الذين في قلوبهم مرض ينظرون اليك نظر المغشي عليه من الموت فاولى لهم

Those who believe say, "Why is not a Sūra Sent down (for us)?" But when a Sūra Of basic or categorical Meaning is revealed, And fighting is mentioned Therein, thou wilt see those In whose hearts is a disease Looking at thee with a look Of one in swoon at The approach of death. But more fitting for them—

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  • Verse 20 of 38
  • Juz 26
  • Page 509

Word by word

  1. وَيَقُولُAnd saywayaqūlu
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟believeāmanū
  4. لَوْلَاWhy notlawlā
  5. نُزِّلَتْhas been revealednuzzilat
  6. سُورَةٌۭ ۖa Surahsūratun
  7. فَإِذَآBut whenfa-idhā
  8. أُنزِلَتْis revealedunzilat
  9. سُورَةٌۭa Surahsūratun
  10. مُّحْكَمَةٌۭprecisemuḥ'kamatun
  11. وَذُكِرَand is mentionedwadhukira
  12. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  13. ٱلْقِتَالُ ۙthe fightingl-qitālu
  14. رَأَيْتَyou seera-ayta
  15. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  16. فِىinfī
  17. قُلُوبِهِمtheir heartsqulūbihim
  18. مَّرَضٌۭ(is) a diseasemaraḍun
  19. يَنظُرُونَlookingyanẓurūna
  20. إِلَيْكَat you ilayka
  21. نَظَرَa looknaẓara
  22. ٱلْمَغْشِىِّ(of) one faintingl-maghshiyi
  23. عَلَيْهِ(of) one faintingʿalayhi
  24. مِنَfrommina
  25. ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖthe deathl-mawti
  26. فَأَوْلَىٰBut more appropriatefa-awlā
  27. لَهُمْfor themlahum

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