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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Anfal, verse 7

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واذ يعدكم الله احدى الطائفتين انها لكم وتودون ان غير ذات الشوكة تكون لكم ويريد الله ان يحق الحق بكلماته ويقطع دابر الكافرين

Behold! God promised you One of the two (enemy) parties, That it should be yours: Ye wished that the one Unarmed should be yours, But God willed To justify the Truth According to His words, And to cut off the roots Of the Unbelievers;—

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  • Verse 7 of 75
  • Juz 9
  • Page 177

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. يَعِدُكُمُpromised youyaʿidukumu
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. إِحْدَىoneiḥ'dā
  5. ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِ(of) the two groups l-ṭāifatayni
  6. أَنَّهَاthat it (would be)annahā
  7. لَكُمْfor you lakum
  8. وَتَوَدُّونَand you wishedwatawaddūna
  9. أَنَّthatanna
  10. غَيْرَ(one) other thanghayra
  11. ذَاتِthatdhāti
  12. ٱلشَّوْكَةِ(of) the armedl-shawkati
  13. تَكُونُwould betakūnu
  14. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  15. وَيُرِيدُBut intendedwayurīdu
  16. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  17. أَنtoan
  18. يُحِقَّjustifyyuḥiqqa
  19. ٱلْحَقَّthe truthl-ḥaqa
  20. بِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦby His wordsbikalimātihi
  21. وَيَقْطَعَand cut offwayaqṭaʿa
  22. دَابِرَ(the) rootsdābira
  23. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ(of) the disbelieversl-kāfirīna

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