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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-An'am, verse 71

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قل اندعو من دون الله ما لا ينفعنا ولا يضرنا ونرد على اعقابنا بعد اذ هدانا الله كالذي استهوته الشياطين في الارض حيران له اصحاب يدعونه الى الهدى ائتنا قل ان هدى الله هو الهدى وامرنا لنسلم لرب العالمين

Say: "Shall we indeed Call on others besides God, Things that can do us Neither good nor harm,— And turn on our heels After receiving guidance From God?—like one Whom the evil ones Have made into a fool, Wandering bewildered Through the earth, his friends Calling 'Come to us', (Vainly) guiding him to the Path." Say: "God's guidance Is the (only) guidance, And we have been directed To submit ourselves To the Lord of the worlds;—

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  • Verse 71 of 165
  • Juz 7
  • Page 136

Word by word

  1. قُلْSayqul
  2. أَنَدْعُوا۟Shall we callanadʿū
  3. مِنfrommin
  4. دُونِbesidesdūni
  5. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  6. مَاwhatmā
  7. لَاnotlā
  8. يَنفَعُنَاbenefits usyanfaʿunā
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. يَضُرُّنَاharms usyaḍurrunā
  11. وَنُرَدُّand we turn backwanuraddu
  12. عَلَىٰٓonʿalā
  13. أَعْقَابِنَاour heelsaʿqābinā
  14. بَعْدَafterbaʿda
  15. إِذْ[when]idh
  16. هَدَىٰنَا(has) guided ushadānā
  17. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  18. كَٱلَّذِىLike the oneka-alladhī
  19. ٱسْتَهْوَتْهُwhom (has been) enticedis'tahwathu
  20. ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينُ(by) the Shaitaanl-shayāṭīnu
  21. فِىinfī
  22. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  23. حَيْرَانَconfusedḥayrāna
  24. لَهُۥٓhe haslahu
  25. أَصْحَـٰبٌۭcompanionsaṣḥābun
  26. يَدْعُونَهُۥٓwho call himyadʿūnahu
  27. إِلَىtowardsilā
  28. ٱلْهُدَىthe guidancel-hudā
  29. ٱئْتِنَا ۗ'Come to us.'i'tinā
  30. قُلْSayqul
  31. إِنَّIndeedinna
  32. هُدَى(the) Guidancehudā
  33. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  34. هُوَithuwa
  35. ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۖ(is) the Guidancel-hudā
  36. وَأُمِرْنَاand we have been commandedwa-umir'nā
  37. لِنُسْلِمَthat we submitlinus'lima
  38. لِرَبِّto (the) Lordlirabbi
  39. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ(of) the worldsl-ʿālamīna

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