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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 21

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Without diacritics

يا قوم ادخلوا الارض المقدسة التي كتب الله لكم ولا ترتدوا على ادباركم فتنقلبوا خاسرين

"O my people! enter The holy land which God hath assigned unto you, And turn not back Ignominiously, for then Will ye be overthrown, To your own ruin."

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  • Verse 21 of 120
  • Juz 6
  • Page 111

Word by word

  1. يَـٰقَوْمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  2. ٱدْخُلُوا۟Enterud'khulū
  3. ٱلْأَرْضَthe landl-arḍa
  4. ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَthe Holyl-muqadasata
  5. ٱلَّتِىwhichallatī
  6. كَتَبَ(has been) ordainedkataba
  7. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  8. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  9. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  10. تَرْتَدُّوا۟turntartaddū
  11. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  12. أَدْبَارِكُمْyour backsadbārikum
  13. فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟then you will turn backfatanqalibū
  14. خَـٰسِرِينَ(as) loserskhāsirīna

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