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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 148

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واتخذ قوم موسى من بعده من حليهم عجلا جسدا له خوار الم يروا انه لا يكلمهم ولا يهديهم سبيلا اتخذوه وكانوا ظالمين

The people of Moses made, In his absence, out of their ornaments, The image of a calf, (for worship): It seemed to low: did they Not see that it could Neither speak to them, nor Show them the Way? They took it for worship And they did wrong.

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  • Verse 148 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 168

Word by word

  1. وَٱتَّخَذَAnd tookwa-ittakhadha
  2. قَوْمُ(the) peopleqawmu
  3. مُوسَىٰ(of) Musamūsā
  4. مِنۢfrommin
  5. بَعْدِهِۦafter himbaʿdihi
  6. مِنْfrommin
  7. حُلِيِّهِمْtheir ornamentsḥuliyyihim
  8. عِجْلًۭاa calf ʿij'lan
  9. جَسَدًۭاan imagejasadan
  10. لَّهُۥ[for] itlahu
  11. خُوَارٌ ۚ(had) a lowing soundkhuwārun
  12. أَلَمْDid notalam
  13. يَرَوْا۟they seeyaraw
  14. أَنَّهُۥthat itannahu
  15. لَا(could) notlā
  16. يُكَلِّمُهُمْspeak to themyukallimuhum
  17. وَلَاand notwalā
  18. يَهْدِيهِمْguide themyahdīhim
  19. سَبِيلًا ۘ(to) a waysabīlan
  20. ٱتَّخَذُوهُThey took it (for worship)ittakhadhūhu
  21. وَكَانُوا۟and they werewakānū
  22. ظَـٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna

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