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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 176

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ولو شئنا لرفعناه بها ولكنه اخلد الى الارض واتبع هواه فمثله كمثل الكلب ان تحمل عليه يلهث او تتركه يلهث ذلك مثل القوم الذين كذبوا باياتنا فاقصص القصص لعلهم يتفكرون

If it had been Our Will, We should have elevated him With Our Signs; but he Inclined to the earth, And followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that Of a dog: if you attack Him, he lolls out his tongue, Or if you leave him alone, He (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude Of those who reject Our Signs; So relate the story; Perchance they may reflect.

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  • Verse 176 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 173

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  2. شِئْنَاWe willedshi'nā
  3. لَرَفَعْنَـٰهُsurely, We (could) have raised himlarafaʿnāhu
  4. بِهَاwith thesebihā
  5. وَلَـٰكِنَّهُۥٓ[and] but hewalākinnahu
  6. أَخْلَدَadheredakhlada
  7. إِلَىtoilā
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  9. وَٱتَّبَعَand followedwa-ittabaʿa
  10. هَوَىٰهُ ۚhis (vain) desireshawāhu
  11. فَمَثَلُهُۥSo his examplefamathaluhu
  12. كَمَثَلِ(is) like (the) examplekamathali
  13. ٱلْكَلْبِ(of) the dogl-kalbi
  14. إِنifin
  15. تَحْمِلْyou attacktaḥmil
  16. عَلَيْهِ[on] himʿalayhi
  17. يَلْهَثْhe lolls out his tongueyalhath
  18. أَوْoraw
  19. تَتْرُكْهُif you leave himtatruk'hu
  20. يَلْهَث ۚhe lolls out his tongueyalhath
  21. ذَّٰلِكَThatdhālika
  22. مَثَلُ(is the) examplemathalu
  23. ٱلْقَوْمِ(of) the peoplel-qawmi
  24. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  25. كَذَّبُوا۟deniedkadhabū
  26. بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا ۚ[in] Our Signsbiāyātinā
  27. فَٱقْصُصِSo relatefa-uq'ṣuṣi
  28. ٱلْقَصَصَthe storyl-qaṣaṣa
  29. لَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahum
  30. يَتَفَكَّرُونَreflectyatafakkarūna

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