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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 38

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قل للذين كفروا ان ينتهوا يغفر لهم ما قد سلف وان يعودوا فقد مضت سنت الاولين

Say to the Unbelievers, If (now) they desist (from Unbelief), Their past would be forgiven them; But if they persist, the punishment Of those before them is already (A matter of warning for them).

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  • Verse 38 of 75
  • Juz 9
  • Page 181

Word by word

  1. قُلSayqul
  2. لِّلَّذِينَto those wholilladhīna
  3. كَفَرُوٓا۟disbelievekafarū
  4. إِنifin
  5. يَنتَهُوا۟they ceaseyantahū
  6. يُغْفَرْwill be forgivenyugh'far
  7. لَهُمfor themlahum
  8. مَّاwhatmā
  9. قَدْ[verily]qad
  10. سَلَفَ(is) pastsalafa
  11. وَإِنBut ifwa-in
  12. يَعُودُوا۟they returnyaʿūdū
  13. فَقَدْthen verilyfaqad
  14. مَضَتْprecededmaḍat
  15. سُنَّتُ(the) practicesunnatu
  16. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna

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