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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 17

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Without diacritics

ما كان للمشركين ان يعمروا مساجد الله شاهدين على انفسهم بالكفر اولئك حبطت اعمالهم وفي النار هم خالدون

It is not for such As join gods with God, To visit or maintain The mosques of God While they witness Against their own souls To infidelity. The works Of such bear no fruit: In Fire shall they dwell.

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  • Verse 17 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 189

Word by word

  1. مَا(It) is notmā
  2. كَانَ(It) is notkāna
  3. لِلْمُشْرِكِينَfor the polytheistslil'mush'rikīna
  4. أَنthatan
  5. يَعْمُرُوا۟they maintainyaʿmurū
  6. مَسَـٰجِدَ(the) masajid of Allahmasājida
  7. ٱللَّهِ(the) masajid of Allahl-lahi
  8. شَـٰهِدِينَ(while) witnessingshāhidīna
  9. عَلَىٰٓagainstʿalā
  10. أَنفُسِهِمthemselvesanfusihim
  11. بِٱلْكُفْرِ ۚ[with] disbeliefbil-kuf'ri
  12. أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ(For) thoseulāika
  13. حَبِطَتْworthlessḥabiṭat
  14. أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ(are) their deedsaʿmāluhum
  15. وَفِىand inwafī
  16. ٱلنَّارِthe Firel-nāri
  17. هُمْtheyhum
  18. خَـٰلِدُونَ(will) abide foreverkhālidūna

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