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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 77

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قل يا اهل الكتاب لا تغلوا في دينكم غير الحق ولا تتبعوا اهواء قوم قد ضلوا من قبل واضلوا كثيرا وضلوا عن سواء السبيل

Say: "O People of the Book! Exceed not in your religion The bounds (of what is proper), Trespassing beyond the truth, Nor follow the vain desires Of people who went wrong In times gone by,—who misled Many, and strayed (themselves) From the even Way.

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  • Verse 77 of 120
  • Juz 6
  • Page 120

Word by word

  1. قُلْSayqul
  2. يَـٰٓأَهْلَO Peopleyāahla
  3. ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَغْلُوا۟exceedtaghlū
  6. فِىinfī
  7. دِينِكُمْyour religiondīnikum
  8. غَيْرَother thanghayra
  9. ٱلْحَقِّthe truthl-ḥaqi
  10. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  11. تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟followtattabiʿū
  12. أَهْوَآءَ(vain) desiresahwāa
  13. قَوْمٍۢ(of) a peopleqawmin
  14. قَدْcertainlyqad
  15. ضَلُّوا۟who went astrayḍallū
  16. مِنfrommin
  17. قَبْلُbeforeqablu
  18. وَأَضَلُّوا۟and they misledwa-aḍallū
  19. كَثِيرًۭاmanykathīran
  20. وَضَلُّوا۟and they have strayedwaḍallū
  21. عَنfromʿan
  22. سَوَآءِ(the) rightsawāi
  23. ٱلسَّبِيلِ[the] wayl-sabīli

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