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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 8

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Without diacritics

كيف وان يظهروا عليكم لا يرقبوا فيكم الا ولا ذمة يرضونكم بافواههم وتابى قلوبهم واكثرهم فاسقون

How (can there be such a league), Seeing that if they get an advantage Over you, they respect not In you the ties either of kinship Or of covenant? With (fair words From) their mouths they entice you, But their hearts are averse From you; and most of them Are rebellious and wicked.

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  • Verse 8 of 129
  • Juz 10
  • Page 188

Word by word

  1. كَيْفَHowkayfa
  2. وَإِنwhile, ifwa-in
  3. يَظْهَرُوا۟they gain dominanceyaẓharū
  4. عَلَيْكُمْover youʿalaykum
  5. لَاthey do not regard (the ties)lā
  6. يَرْقُبُوا۟they do not regard (the ties)yarqubū
  7. فِيكُمْwith youfīkum
  8. إِلًّۭا(of) kinshipillan
  9. وَلَاand notwalā
  10. ذِمَّةًۭ ۚcovenant of protectiondhimmatan
  11. يُرْضُونَكُمThey satisfy youyur'ḍūnakum
  12. بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْwith their mouthsbi-afwāhihim
  13. وَتَأْبَىٰbut refusewatabā
  14. قُلُوبُهُمْtheir heartsqulūbuhum
  15. وَأَكْثَرُهُمْand most of themwa-aktharuhum
  16. فَـٰسِقُونَ(are) defiantly disobedientfāsiqūna

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