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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 12

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Without diacritics

وان نكثوا ايمانهم من بعد عهدهم وطعنوا في دينكم فقاتلوا ائمة الكفر انهم لا ايمان لهم لعلهم ينتهون

But if they violate their oaths After their covenant, And taunt you for your Faith,— Fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith: For their oaths are nothing to them: That thus they may be restrained.

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  • Verse 12 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 188

Word by word

  1. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  2. نَّكَثُوٓا۟they breaknakathū
  3. أَيْمَـٰنَهُمtheir oathsaymānahum
  4. مِّنۢaftermin
  5. بَعْدِafterbaʿdi
  6. عَهْدِهِمْtheir treatyʿahdihim
  7. وَطَعَنُوا۟and defamewaṭaʿanū
  8. فِى[in]fī
  9. دِينِكُمْyour religiondīnikum
  10. فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟then fightfaqātilū
  11. أَئِمَّةَthe leadersa-immata
  12. ٱلْكُفْرِ ۙ(of) [the] disbeliefl-kuf'ri
  13. إِنَّهُمْindeed, they innahum
  14. لَآnolā
  15. أَيْمَـٰنَoathsaymāna
  16. لَهُمْfor themlahum
  17. لَعَلَّهُمْso that they maylaʿallahum
  18. يَنتَهُونَceaseyantahūna

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