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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 198

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Without diacritics

وان تدعوهم الى الهدى لا يسمعوا وتراهم ينظرون اليك وهم لا يبصرون

If thou callest them To guidance, they hear not. Thou wilt see them Looking at thee, but They see not.

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  • Verse 198 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 176

Word by word

  1. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. تَدْعُوهُمْyou call themtadʿūhum
  3. إِلَىtoilā
  4. ٱلْهُدَىٰthe guidancel-hudā
  5. لَاnotlā
  6. يَسْمَعُوا۟ ۖdo they notyasmaʿū
  7. وَتَرَىٰهُمْAnd you see themwatarāhum
  8. يَنظُرُونَlookingyanẓurūna
  9. إِلَيْكَat youilayka
  10. وَهُمْbut they wahum
  11. لَاnotlā
  12. يُبْصِرُونَ(do) they seeyub'ṣirūna

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