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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 63

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Without diacritics

لولا ينهاهم الربانيون والاحبار عن قولهم الاثم واكلهم السحت لبئس ما كانوا يصنعون

Why do not the Rabbis And the doctors of law forbid Them from their (habit Of) uttering sinful words And eating things forbidden? Evil indeed are their works.

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  • Verse 63 of 120
  • Juz 6
  • Page 118

Word by word

  1. لَوْلَاWhy (do) notlawlā
  2. يَنْهَىٰهُمُforbid themyanhāhumu
  3. ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَthe Rabbisl-rabāniyūna
  4. وَٱلْأَحْبَارُand the religious scholarswal-aḥbāru
  5. عَنfromʿan
  6. قَوْلِهِمُtheir sayingqawlihimu
  7. ٱلْإِثْمَthe sinfull-ith'ma
  8. وَأَكْلِهِمُand their eatingwa-aklihimu
  9. ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ(of) the forbiddenl-suḥ'ta
  10. لَبِئْسَSurely, evillabi'sa
  11. مَا(is) whatmā
  12. كَانُوا۟they used tokānū
  13. يَصْنَعُونَdoyaṣnaʿūna

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