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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 38

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يا ايها الذين امنوا ما لكم اذا قيل لكم انفروا في سبيل الله اثاقلتم الى الارض ارضيتم بالحياة الدنيا من الاخرة فما متاع الحياة الدنيا في الاخرة الا قليل

O ye who believe! what Is the matter with you, That, when ye are asked To go forth in the Cause of God, Ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life Of this world to the Hereafter? But little is the comfort Of this life, as compared With the Hereafter.

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  • Verse 38 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 193

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO you who believeyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَO you who believealladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟O you who believeāmanū
  4. مَاWhatmā
  5. لَكُمْ(is the matter) with youlakum
  6. إِذَاwhenidhā
  7. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  8. لَكُمُto youlakumu
  9. ٱنفِرُوا۟go forthinfirū
  10. فِىinfī
  11. سَبِيلِ(the) waysabīli
  12. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  13. ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْyou cling heavilyithāqaltum
  14. إِلَىtoilā
  15. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚthe earthl-arḍi
  16. أَرَضِيتُمAre you pleasedaraḍītum
  17. بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِwith the lifebil-ḥayati
  18. ٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  19. مِنَ(rather) thanmina
  20. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚthe Hereafterl-ākhirati
  21. فَمَاBut whatfamā
  22. مَتَـٰعُ(is the) enjoymentmatāʿu
  23. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ(of) the lifel-ḥayati
  24. ٱلدُّنْيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  25. فِىin (comparison to)fī
  26. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِthe hereafterl-ākhirati
  27. إِلَّاexceptillā
  28. قَلِيلٌa littleqalīlun

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