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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 58

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Without diacritics

واذا ناديتم الى الصلاة اتخذوها هزوا ولعبا ذلك بانهم قوم لا يعقلون

When ye proclaim Your call to prayer, They take it (but) As mockery and sport; That is because they are A people without understanding.

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  • Verse 58 of 120
  • Juz 6
  • Page 118

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. نَادَيْتُمْyou make a callnādaytum
  3. إِلَىforilā
  4. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِthe prayerl-ṣalati
  5. ٱتَّخَذُوهَاthey take itittakhadhūhā
  6. هُزُوًۭا(in) ridiculehuzuwan
  7. وَلَعِبًۭا ۚand funwalaʿiban
  8. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  9. بِأَنَّهُمْ(is) because theybi-annahum
  10. قَوْمٌۭ(are) a peopleqawmun
  11. لَّا(who do) notlā
  12. يَعْقِلُونَunderstandyaʿqilūna

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