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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 30

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Without diacritics

فريقا هدى وفريقا حق عليهم الضلالة انهم اتخذوا الشياطين اولياء من دون الله ويحسبون انهم مهتدون

Some He hath guided: Others have (by their choice) Deserved the loss of their way; In that they took The Evil Ones, in preference To God, for their friends And protectors, and think That they receive guidance.

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  • Verse 30 of 206
  • Juz 8
  • Page 153

Word by word

  1. فَرِيقًاA groupfarīqan
  2. هَدَىٰHe guidedhadā
  3. وَفَرِيقًاand a groupwafarīqan
  4. حَقَّdeserved ḥaqqa
  5. عَلَيْهِمُ[on] theyʿalayhimu
  6. ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةُ ۗthe astrayingl-ḍalālatu
  7. إِنَّهُمُIndeed, theyinnahumu
  8. ٱتَّخَذُوا۟takeittakhadhū
  9. ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينَthe devilsl-shayāṭīna
  10. أَوْلِيَآءَ(as) alliesawliyāa
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. دُونِbesidesdūni
  13. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  14. وَيَحْسَبُونَwhile they thinkwayaḥsabūna
  15. أَنَّهُمthat theyannahum
  16. مُّهْتَدُونَ(are the) guided-onesmuh'tadūna

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