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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 28

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واذا فعلوا فاحشة قالوا وجدنا عليها اباءنا والله امرنا بها قل ان الله لا يامر بالفحشاء اتقولون على الله ما لا تعلمون

When they do aught That is shameful, they say: "We found our fathers Doing so"; and "God Commanded us thus": Say: "Nay, God never Commands what is shameful: Do ye say of God What ye know not?"

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  • Verse 28 of 206
  • Juz 8
  • Page 153

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. فَعَلُوا۟they dofaʿalū
  3. فَـٰحِشَةًۭimmoralityfāḥishatan
  4. قَالُوا۟they sayqālū
  5. وَجَدْنَاWe foundwajadnā
  6. عَلَيْهَآon itʿalayhā
  7. ءَابَآءَنَاour forefathersābāanā
  8. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  9. أَمَرَنَا(has) ordered usamaranā
  10. بِهَا ۗof itbihā
  11. قُلْSayqul
  12. إِنَّIndeedinna
  13. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  14. لَا(does) notlā
  15. يَأْمُرُorderyamuru
  16. بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖimmoralitybil-faḥshāi
  17. أَتَقُولُونَDo you sayataqūlūna
  18. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  19. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  20. مَاwhatmā
  21. لَاnotlā
  22. تَعْلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna

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