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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 34

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يا ايها الذين امنوا ان كثيرا من الاحبار والرهبان لياكلون اموال الناس بالباطل ويصدون عن سبيل الله والذين يكنزون الذهب والفضة ولا ينفقونها في سبيل الله فبشرهم بعذاب اليم

O ye who believe! There are Indeed many among the priests And anchorites, who in falsehood Devour the substance of men And hinder (them) from the Way Of God. And there are those Who bury gold and silver And spend it not in the Way. Of God: announce unto them A most grievous penalty—

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  • Verse 34 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 192

Word by word

  1. ۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوٓا۟O you who believeāmanū
  4. إِنَّIndeedinna
  5. كَثِيرًۭاmanykathīran
  6. مِّنَofmina
  7. ٱلْأَحْبَارِthe rabbisl-aḥbāri
  8. وَٱلرُّهْبَانِand the monkswal-ruh'bāni
  9. لَيَأْكُلُونَsurely eatlayakulūna
  10. أَمْوَٰلَ(the) wealthamwāla
  11. ٱلنَّاسِ(of) the peoplel-nāsi
  12. بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِin falsehoodbil-bāṭili
  13. وَيَصُدُّونَand hinderwayaṣuddūna
  14. عَنfromʿan
  15. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  16. ٱللَّهِ ۗ(of) Allahl-lahi
  17. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  18. يَكْنِزُونَhoardyaknizūna
  19. ٱلذَّهَبَthe goldl-dhahaba
  20. وَٱلْفِضَّةَand the silverwal-fiḍata
  21. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  22. يُنفِقُونَهَاspend ityunfiqūnahā
  23. فِىinfī
  24. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  25. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  26. فَبَشِّرْهُم[so] give them tidingsfabashir'hum
  27. بِعَذَابٍof a punishmentbiʿadhābin
  28. أَلِيمٍۢpainfulalīmin

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