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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 42

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لو كان عرضا قريبا وسفرا قاصدا لاتبعوك ولكن بعدت عليهم الشقة وسيحلفون بالله لو استطعنا لخرجنا معكم يهلكون انفسهم والله يعلم انهم لكاذبون

If there had been Immediate gain (in sight), And the journey easy, They would (all) without doubt Have followed thee, but The distance was long, (And weighed) on them. They would indeed swear By God, "If we only could, We should certainly Have come out with you:" They would destroy their own souls; For God doth know That they are certainly lying.

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  • Verse 42 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 194

Word by word

  1. لَوْIflaw
  2. كَانَit had beenkāna
  3. عَرَضًۭاa gainʿaraḍan
  4. قَرِيبًۭاnearqarīban
  5. وَسَفَرًۭاand a journeywasafaran
  6. قَاصِدًۭاeasyqāṣidan
  7. لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَsurely they (would) have followed youla-ittabaʿūka
  8. وَلَـٰكِنۢbutwalākin
  9. بَعُدَتْwas longbaʿudat
  10. عَلَيْهِمُfor themʿalayhimu
  11. ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚthe distancel-shuqatu
  12. وَسَيَحْلِفُونَAnd they will swearwasayaḥlifūna
  13. بِٱللَّهِby Allahbil-lahi
  14. لَوِIflawi
  15. ٱسْتَطَعْنَاwe were ableis'taṭaʿnā
  16. لَخَرَجْنَاcertainly we (would) have come forthlakharajnā
  17. مَعَكُمْwith youmaʿakum
  18. يُهْلِكُونَThey destroyyuh'likūna
  19. أَنفُسَهُمْtheir own selvesanfusahum
  20. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  21. يَعْلَمُknowsyaʿlamu
  22. إِنَّهُمْ(that) indeed, theyinnahum
  23. لَكَـٰذِبُونَ(are) surely liarslakādhibūna

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