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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Taghabun, verse 16

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فاتقوا الله ما استطعتم واسمعوا واطيعوا وانفقوا خيرا لانفسكم ومن يوق شح نفسه فاولئك هم المفلحون

So fear God As much as ye can; Listen and obey; And spend in charity For the benefit of Your own souls. And those saved from The covetousness of their own Souls,—they are the ones That achieve prosperity.

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  • Verse 16 of 18
  • Juz 28
  • Page 557

Word by word

  1. فَٱتَّقُوا۟So fearfa-ittaqū
  2. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  3. مَاwhatmā
  4. ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْyou are ableis'taṭaʿtum
  5. وَٱسْمَعُوا۟and listenwa-is'maʿū
  6. وَأَطِيعُوا۟and obeywa-aṭīʿū
  7. وَأَنفِقُوا۟and spendwa-anfiqū
  8. خَيْرًۭا(it is) betterkhayran
  9. لِّأَنفُسِكُمْ ۗfor yourselvesli-anfusikum
  10. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  11. يُوقَis savedyūqa
  12. شُحَّ(from the) greedinessshuḥḥa
  13. نَفْسِهِۦ(of) his soulnafsihi
  14. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
  15. هُمُ[they]humu
  16. ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ(are) the successful onesl-muf'liḥūna

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