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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 120

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ما كان لاهل المدينة ومن حولهم من الاعراب ان يتخلفوا عن رسول الله ولا يرغبوا بانفسهم عن نفسه ذلك بانهم لا يصيبهم ظما ولا نصب ولا مخمصة في سبيل الله ولا يطئون موطئا يغيظ الكفار ولا ينالون من عدو نيلا الا كتب لهم به عمل صالح ان الله لا يضيع اجر المحسنين

It was not fitting For the people of Medina And the Bedouin Arabs Of the neighbourhood, to refuse To follow God's Apostle, Nor to prefer their own lives To his: because nothing Could they suffer or do, But was reckoned to their credit As a deed of righteousness,— Whether they suffered thirst, Or fatigue, or hunger, in the Cause Of God, or trod paths To raise the ire of the Unbelievers, Or received any injury Whatever from an enemy: For God suffereth not The reward to be lost Of those who do good;—

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  • Verse 120 of 129
  • Juz 11
  • Page 206

Word by word

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. كَانَit waskāna
  3. لِأَهْلِ(for) the peopleli-ahli
  4. ٱلْمَدِينَةِof the Madinahl-madīnati
  5. وَمَنْand whowaman
  6. حَوْلَهُمwere around themḥawlahum
  7. مِّنَofmina
  8. ٱلْأَعْرَابِthe bedouinsl-aʿrābi
  9. أَنthatan
  10. يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟they remain behindyatakhallafū
  11. عَنafterʿan
  12. رَّسُولِthe Messengerrasūli
  13. ٱللَّهِof Allahl-lahi
  14. وَلَاand notwalā
  15. يَرْغَبُوا۟they preferyarghabū
  16. بِأَنفُسِهِمْtheir livesbi-anfusihim
  17. عَنtoʿan
  18. نَّفْسِهِۦ ۚhis lifenafsihi
  19. ذَٰلِكَThat isdhālika
  20. بِأَنَّهُمْbecause [they]bi-annahum
  21. لَا(does) notlā
  22. يُصِيبُهُمْafflict themyuṣībuhum
  23. ظَمَأٌۭthirstẓama-on
  24. وَلَاand notwalā
  25. نَصَبٌۭfatiguenaṣabun
  26. وَلَاand notwalā
  27. مَخْمَصَةٌۭhungermakhmaṣatun
  28. فِىinfī
  29. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  30. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  31. وَلَاand notwalā
  32. يَطَـُٔونَthey stepyaṭaūna
  33. مَوْطِئًۭاany stepmawṭi-an
  34. يَغِيظُthat angersyaghīẓu
  35. ٱلْكُفَّارَthe disbelieversl-kufāra
  36. وَلَاand notwalā
  37. يَنَالُونَthey inflictyanālūna
  38. مِنْonmin
  39. عَدُوٍّۢan enemyʿaduwwin
  40. نَّيْلًاan inflictionnaylan
  41. إِلَّاexceptillā
  42. كُتِبَis recordedkutiba
  43. لَهُمfor themlahum
  44. بِهِۦin itbihi
  45. عَمَلٌۭ(as) a deedʿamalun
  46. صَـٰلِحٌ ۚrighteousṣāliḥun
  47. إِنَّIndeedinna
  48. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  49. لَا(does) notlā
  50. يُضِيعُallow to be lostyuḍīʿu
  51. أَجْرَthe rewardajra
  52. ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ(of) the good-doersl-muḥ'sinīna

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