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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 188

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قل لا املك لنفسي نفعا ولا ضرا الا ما شاء الله ولو كنت اعلم الغيب لاستكثرت من الخير وما مسني السوء ان انا الا نذير وبشير لقوم يؤمنون

Say: "I have no power Over any good or harm To myself except as God Willeth. If I had knowledge Of the unseen, I should have Multiplied all good, and no evil Should have touched me: I am but a warner, And a bringer of glad tidings To those who have faith."

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  • Verse 188 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 175

Word by word

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لَّآNotlā
  3. أَمْلِكُI have poweramliku
  4. لِنَفْسِىfor myselflinafsī
  5. نَفْعًۭا(to) benefitnafʿan
  6. وَلَاand nowalā
  7. ضَرًّا(power to) harmḍarran
  8. إِلَّاexceptillā
  9. مَاwhatmā
  10. شَآءَwillsshāa
  11. ٱللَّهُ ۚAllahl-lahu
  12. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  13. كُنتُI wouldkuntu
  14. أَعْلَمُknowaʿlamu
  15. ٱلْغَيْبَ(of) the unseenl-ghayba
  16. لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُsurely I could have multipliedla-is'takthartu
  17. مِنَofmina
  18. ٱلْخَيْرِthe goodl-khayri
  19. وَمَاand notwamā
  20. مَسَّنِىَ(could) have touched memassaniya
  21. ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚthe evill-sūu
  22. إِنْNotin
  23. أَنَا۠(am) Ianā
  24. إِلَّاexceptillā
  25. نَذِيرٌۭa warnernadhīrun
  26. وَبَشِيرٌۭand a bearer of good tidingswabashīrun
  27. لِّقَوْمٍۢto a peopleliqawmin
  28. يُؤْمِنُونَwho believeyu'minūna

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