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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 65

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ولئن سالتهم ليقولن انما كنا نخوض ونلعب قل ابالله واياته ورسوله كنتم تستهزئون

If thou dost question them, They declare (with emphasis): "We were only talking idly And in play." Say: "Was it At God, and His Signs, And His Apostle, that ye Were mocking?"

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  • Verse 65 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 197

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنAnd ifwala-in
  2. سَأَلْتَهُمْyou ask themsa-altahum
  3. لَيَقُولُنَّsurely they will saylayaqūlunna
  4. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  5. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  6. نَخُوضُconversingnakhūḍu
  7. وَنَلْعَبُ ۚand playingwanalʿabu
  8. قُلْSayqul
  9. أَبِٱللَّهِIs it Allahabil-lahi
  10. وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦand His Verseswaāyātihi
  11. وَرَسُولِهِۦand His Messengerwarasūlihi
  12. كُنتُمْ(that) you werekuntum
  13. تَسْتَهْزِءُونَmockingtastahziūna

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