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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 67

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Without diacritics

ما كان لنبي ان يكون له اسرى حتى يثخن في الارض تريدون عرض الدنيا والله يريد الاخرة والله عزيز حكيم

It is not fitting For an Apostle That he should have Prisoners of war until He hath thoroughly subdued The land. Ye look For the temporal goods Of this world; but God Looketh to the Hereafter: And God is Exalted in might, Wise.

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  • Verse 67 of 75
  • Juz 10
  • Page 185

Word by word

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. كَانَiskāna
  3. لِنَبِىٍّfor a Prophetlinabiyyin
  4. أَنthatan
  5. يَكُونَ(there) should beyakūna
  6. لَهُۥٓfor himlahu
  7. أَسْرَىٰprisoners of warasrā
  8. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  9. يُثْخِنَhe has battled strenuouslyyuth'khina
  10. فِىinfī
  11. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚthe landl-arḍi
  12. تُرِيدُونَYou desireturīdūna
  13. عَرَضَ(the) commoditiesʿaraḍa
  14. ٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  15. وَٱللَّهُbut Allahwal-lahu
  16. يُرِيدُdesiresyurīdu
  17. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ ۗ(for you) the Hereafterl-ākhirata
  18. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  19. عَزِيزٌ(is) All-Mightyʿazīzun
  20. حَكِيمٌۭAll-Wiseḥakīmun

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