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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 23

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ولو علم الله فيهم خيرا لاسمعهم ولو اسمعهم لتولوا وهم معرضون

If God had found in them Any good, He would indeed Have made them listen: (As it is), if He had made them Listen, they would but have Turned back and declined (faith).

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  • Verse 23 of 75
  • Juz 9
  • Page 179

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  2. عَلِمَ(had) knownʿalima
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. فِيهِمْin themfīhim
  5. خَيْرًۭاany goodkhayran
  6. لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ ۖsurely, He (would) have made them hearla-asmaʿahum
  7. وَلَوْAnd ifwalaw
  8. أَسْمَعَهُمْHe had made them hearasmaʿahum
  9. لَتَوَلَّوا۟surely they would have turned awaylatawallaw
  10. وَّهُمwhile theywahum
  11. مُّعْرِضُونَ(were) aversemuʿ'riḍūna

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