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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 79

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Without diacritics

كانوا لا يتناهون عن منكر فعلوه لبئس ما كانوا يفعلون

Nor did they (usually) Forbid one another The iniquities which they Committed: evil indeed Were the deeds which they did.

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  • Verse 79 of 120
  • Juz 6
  • Page 121

Word by word

  1. كَانُوا۟They had beenkānū
  2. لَاnotlā
  3. يَتَنَاهَوْنَforbidding each otheryatanāhawna
  4. عَنfromʿan
  5. مُّنكَرٍۢwrongdoingmunkarin
  6. فَعَلُوهُ ۚthey did [it]faʿalūhu
  7. لَبِئْسَSurely, evillabi'sa
  8. مَا(was) whatmā
  9. كَانُوا۟they werekānū
  10. يَفْعَلُونَdoingyafʿalūna

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