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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 118

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وعلى الثلاثة الذين خلفوا حتى اذا ضاقت عليهم الارض بما رحبت وضاقت عليهم انفسهم وظنوا ان لا ملجا من الله الا اليه ثم تاب عليهم ليتوبوا ان الله هو التواب الرحيم

(He turned in mercy also) To the three who were left Behind; (they felt guilty) To such a degree that the earth Seemed constrained to them, For all its spaciousness, And their (very) Souls seemed Straitened to them, And they perceived that There is no fleeing from God (And no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, That they might repent: For God is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

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  • Verse 118 of 129
  • Juz 11
  • Page 206

Word by word

  1. وَعَلَىAnd onwaʿalā
  2. ٱلثَّلَـٰثَةِthe threel-thalāthati
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ(of) those whoalladhīna
  4. خُلِّفُوا۟were left behindkhullifū
  5. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  6. إِذَاwhenidhā
  7. ضَاقَتْ(was) straitenedḍāqat
  8. عَلَيْهِمُfor themʿalayhimu
  9. ٱلْأَرْضُthe earthl-arḍu
  10. بِمَاthoughbimā
  11. رَحُبَتْit was vastraḥubat
  12. وَضَاقَتْAnd (was) straitenedwaḍāqat
  13. عَلَيْهِمْfor themʿalayhim
  14. أَنفُسُهُمْtheir own soulsanfusuhum
  15. وَظَنُّوٓا۟and they were certainwaẓannū
  16. أَنthatan
  17. لَّا(there is) nolā
  18. مَلْجَأَrefugemalja-a
  19. مِنَfrommina
  20. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  21. إِلَّآexceptillā
  22. إِلَيْهِto Himilayhi
  23. ثُمَّThenthumma
  24. تَابَHe turned (in mercy)tāba
  25. عَلَيْهِمْto themʿalayhim
  26. لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟ ۚthat they may repentliyatūbū
  27. إِنَّIndeedinna
  28. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  29. هُوَHehuwa
  30. ٱلتَّوَّابُ(is) the Acceptor of repentancel-tawābu
  31. ٱلرَّحِيمُthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmu

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