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Quran Maqasid

Surah Nuh, verse 21

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قال نوح رب انهم عصوني واتبعوا من لم يزده ماله وولده الا خسارا

Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, But they follow (men) Whose wealth and children Give them no Increase But only Loss.

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  • Verse 21 of 28
  • Juz 29
  • Page 571

Word by word

  1. قَالَSaidqāla
  2. نُوحٌۭNuhnūḥun
  3. رَّبِّMy Lordrabbi
  4. إِنَّهُمْIndeed, theyinnahum
  5. عَصَوْنِىdisobeyed meʿaṣawnī
  6. وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟and followedwa-ittabaʿū
  7. مَن(the one) whoman
  8. لَّمْ(did) notlam
  9. يَزِدْهُincrease himyazid'hu
  10. مَالُهُۥhis wealthmāluhu
  11. وَوَلَدُهُۥٓand his childrenwawaladuhu
  12. إِلَّاexceptillā
  13. خَسَارًۭا(in) losskhasāran

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