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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 81

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Without diacritics

انكم لتاتون الرجال شهوة من دون النساء بل انتم قوم مسرفون

"For ye practise your lusts On men in preference To women: ye are indeed A people transgressing Beyond bounds."

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  • Verse 81 of 206
  • Juz 8
  • Page 160

Word by word

  1. إِنَّكُمْIndeed, youinnakum
  2. لَتَأْتُونَyou approachlatatūna
  3. ٱلرِّجَالَthe menl-rijāla
  4. شَهْوَةًۭlustfullyshahwatan
  5. مِّنfrommin
  6. دُونِinstead ofdūni
  7. ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚthe womenl-nisāi
  8. بَلْNaybal
  9. أَنتُمْyouantum
  10. قَوْمٌۭ(are) a peopleqawmun
  11. مُّسْرِفُونَ(who) commit excessesmus'rifūna

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