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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 87

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Without diacritics

يا ايها الذين امنوا لا تحرموا طيبات ما احل الله لكم ولا تعتدوا ان الله لا يحب المعتدين

O ye who believe! Make not unlawful The good things which God Hath made lawful for you, But commit no excess: For God loveth not Those given to excess.

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  • Verse 87 of 120
  • Juz 7
  • Page 122

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟believeāmanū
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تُحَرِّمُوا۟make unlawfultuḥarrimū
  6. طَيِّبَـٰتِ(the) good thingsṭayyibāti
  7. مَآ(of) whatmā
  8. أَحَلَّhas (been) made lawfulaḥalla
  9. ٱللَّهُ(by) Allahl-lahu
  10. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  11. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  12. تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ ۚtransgresstaʿtadū
  13. إِنَّIndeedinna
  14. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  15. لَا(does) notlā
  16. يُحِبُّloveyuḥibbu
  17. ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَthe transgressorsl-muʿ'tadīna

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