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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Jumu'ah, verse 5

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مثل الذين حملوا التوراة ثم لم يحملوها كمثل الحمار يحمل اسفارا بئس مثل القوم الذين كذبوا بايات الله والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين

The similitude of those Who were charged With the (obligations Of the) Mosaic Law, But who subsequently failed In those (obligations), is That of a donkey Which carries huge tomes (But understands them not). Evil is the similitude Of people who falsify The Signs of God: And God guides not People who do wrong.

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  • Verse 5 of 11
  • Juz 28
  • Page 553

Word by word

  1. مَثَلُ(The) likenessmathalu
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  3. حُمِّلُوا۟were entrustedḥummilū
  4. ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ(with) the Tauratl-tawrāta
  5. ثُمَّthenthumma
  6. لَمْnotlam
  7. يَحْمِلُوهَاthey bore ityaḥmilūhā
  8. كَمَثَلِ(is) likekamathali
  9. ٱلْحِمَارِthe donkeyl-ḥimāri
  10. يَحْمِلُwho carriesyaḥmilu
  11. أَسْفَارًۢا ۚbooksasfāran
  12. بِئْسَWretched isbi'sa
  13. مَثَلُ(the) examplemathalu
  14. ٱلْقَوْمِ(of) the peoplel-qawmi
  15. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  16. كَذَّبُوا۟denykadhabū
  17. بِـَٔايَـٰتِ(the) Signsbiāyāti
  18. ٱللَّهِ ۚ(of) Allahl-lahi
  19. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  20. لَا(does) notlā
  21. يَهْدِىguideyahdī
  22. ٱلْقَوْمَthe peoplel-qawma
  23. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

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