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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 81

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ولو كانوا يؤمنون بالله والنبي وما انزل اليه ما اتخذوهم اولياء ولكن كثيرا منهم فاسقون

If only they had believed In God, in the Apostle, And in what hath been Revealed to him, never Would they have taken Them for friends and protectors, But most of them are Rebellious wrong-doers.

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  • Verse 81 of 120
  • Juz 6
  • Page 121

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  2. كَانُوا۟they hadkānū
  3. يُؤْمِنُونَbelievedyu'minūna
  4. بِٱللَّهِin Allahbil-lahi
  5. وَٱلنَّبِىِّand the Prophetwal-nabiyi
  6. وَمَآand whatwamā
  7. أُنزِلَhas been revealedunzila
  8. إِلَيْهِto himilayhi
  9. مَاnotmā
  10. ٱتَّخَذُوهُمْthey (would have) taken themittakhadhūhum
  11. أَوْلِيَآءَ(as) alliesawliyāa
  12. وَلَـٰكِنَّ[and] butwalākinna
  13. كَثِيرًۭاmanykathīran
  14. مِّنْهُمْof themmin'hum
  15. فَـٰسِقُونَ(are) defiantly disobedientfāsiqūna

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