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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-An'am, verse 123

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Without diacritics

وكذلك جعلنا في كل قرية اكابر مجرميها ليمكروا فيها وما يمكرون الا بانفسهم وما يشعرون

Thus have We placed Leaders in every town, Its wicked men, to plot (And burrow) therein: But they only plot Against their own souls, And they perceive it not.

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  • Verse 123 of 165
  • Juz 8
  • Page 143

Word by word

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
  2. جَعَلْنَاWe placedjaʿalnā
  3. فِىinfī
  4. كُلِّeverykulli
  5. قَرْيَةٍcityqaryatin
  6. أَكَـٰبِرَgreatestakābira
  7. مُجْرِمِيهَا(of) its criminalsmuj'rimīhā
  8. لِيَمْكُرُوا۟so that they plotliyamkurū
  9. فِيهَا ۖthereinfīhā
  10. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  11. يَمْكُرُونَthey plotyamkurūna
  12. إِلَّاexceptillā
  13. بِأَنفُسِهِمْagainst themselvesbi-anfusihim
  14. وَمَاand notwamā
  15. يَشْعُرُونَthey perceiveyashʿurūna

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