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Quran Maqasid

Surah Muhammad, verse 21

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Without diacritics

طاعة وقول معروف فاذا عزم الامر فلو صدقوا الله لكان خيرا لهم

Were it to obey And say what is just, And when a matter Is resolved on, it were Best for them if they Were true to God.

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  • Verse 21 of 38
  • Juz 26
  • Page 509

Word by word

  1. طَاعَةٌۭ(Is) obedienceṭāʿatun
  2. وَقَوْلٌۭand a wordwaqawlun
  3. مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚkindmaʿrūfun
  4. فَإِذَاAnd whenfa-idhā
  5. عَزَمَ(is) determinedʿazama
  6. ٱلْأَمْرُthe matterl-amru
  7. فَلَوْthen iffalaw
  8. صَدَقُوا۟they had been trueṣadaqū
  9. ٱللَّهَ(to) Allahl-laha
  10. لَكَانَsurely, it would have beenlakāna
  11. خَيْرًۭاbetterkhayran
  12. لَّهُمْfor themlahum

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