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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 28

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لئن بسطت الي يدك لتقتلني ما انا بباسط يدي اليك لاقتلك اني اخاف الله رب العالمين

"If thou dost stretch thy hand Against me, to slay me, It is not for me to stretch My hand against thee To slay thee: for I do fear God, the Cherisher of the Worlds.

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  • Verse 28 of 120
  • Juz 6
  • Page 112

Word by word

  1. لَئِنۢIfla-in
  2. بَسَطتَyou stretchbasaṭta
  3. إِلَىَّtowards meilayya
  4. يَدَكَyour handyadaka
  5. لِتَقْتُلَنِىto kill melitaqtulanī
  6. مَآnotmā
  7. أَنَا۠will Ianā
  8. بِبَاسِطٍۢstretchbibāsiṭin
  9. يَدِىَmy handyadiya
  10. إِلَيْكَtowards youilayka
  11. لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖto kill youli-aqtulaka
  12. إِنِّىٓindeed Iinnī
  13. أَخَافُfearakhāfu
  14. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  15. رَبَّ(the) Lordrabba
  16. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(of) the worldsl-ʿālamīna

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