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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Hadid, verse 20

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اعلموا انما الحياة الدنيا لعب ولهو وزينة وتفاخر بينكم وتكاثر في الاموال والاولاد كمثل غيث اعجب الكفار نباته ثم يهيج فتراه مصفرا ثم يكون حطاما وفي الاخرة عذاب شديد ومغفرة من الله ورضوان وما الحياة الدنيا الا متاع الغرور

Know ye (all), that The life of this world Is but play and amusement, Pomp and mutual boasting And multiplying, (in rivalry) Among yourselves, riches And children. Here is a similitude: How rain and the growth Which it brings forth, delight (The hearts of) the tillers; Soon it withers; thou Wilt see it grow yellow; Then it becomes dry And crumbles away. But in the Hereafter Is a Penalty severe (For the devotees of wrong). And Forgiveness from God And (His) Good Pleasure (For the devotees of God). And what is the life Of this world, but Goods and chattels Of deception?

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  • Verse 20 of 29
  • Juz 27
  • Page 540

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  1. ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟Knowiʿ'lamū
  2. أَنَّمَاthatannamā
  3. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُthe lifel-ḥayatu
  4. ٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  5. لَعِبٌۭ(is) playlaʿibun
  6. وَلَهْوٌۭand amusementwalahwun
  7. وَزِينَةٌۭand adornmentwazīnatun
  8. وَتَفَاخُرٌۢand boastingwatafākhurun
  9. بَيْنَكُمْamong youbaynakum
  10. وَتَكَاثُرٌۭand competition in increasewatakāthurun
  11. فِىoffī
  12. ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِthe wealthl-amwāli
  13. وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ ۖand the childrenwal-awlādi
  14. كَمَثَلِlike (the) examplekamathali
  15. غَيْثٍ(of) a rainghaythin
  16. أَعْجَبَpleasesaʿjaba
  17. ٱلْكُفَّارَthe tillersl-kufāra
  18. نَبَاتُهُۥits growthnabātuhu
  19. ثُمَّthenthumma
  20. يَهِيجُit driesyahīju
  21. فَتَرَىٰهُand you see itfatarāhu
  22. مُصْفَرًّۭاturning yellowmuṣ'farran
  23. ثُمَّthenthumma
  24. يَكُونُbecomesyakūnu
  25. حُطَـٰمًۭا ۖdebrisḥuṭāman
  26. وَفِىAnd inwafī
  27. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِthe Hereafterl-ākhirati
  28. عَذَابٌۭ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  29. شَدِيدٌۭsevereshadīdun
  30. وَمَغْفِرَةٌۭand forgivenesswamaghfiratun
  31. مِّنَfrommina
  32. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  33. وَرِضْوَٰنٌۭ ۚand Pleasurewariḍ'wānun
  34. وَمَاBut notwamā
  35. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ(is) the lifel-ḥayatu
  36. ٱلدُّنْيَآ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  37. إِلَّاexceptillā
  38. مَتَـٰعُ(the) enjoymentmatāʿu
  39. ٱلْغُرُورِ(of) delusionl-ghurūri

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