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Quran Maqasid

Surah At-Tawbah, verse 98

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Without diacritics

ومن الاعراب من يتخذ ما ينفق مغرما ويتربص بكم الدوائر عليهم دائرة السوء والله سميع عليم

Some of the desert Arabs Look upon their payments As a fine, and watch For disasters for you: on them Be the disaster of Evil: For God is He that heareth And knoweth (all things).

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  • Verse 98 of 129
  • Juz 11
  • Page 202

Word by word

  1. وَمِنَAnd amongwamina
  2. ٱلْأَعْرَابِthe bedouinsl-aʿrābi
  3. مَن(is he) whoman
  4. يَتَّخِذُtakesyattakhidhu
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. يُنفِقُhe spendsyunfiqu
  7. مَغْرَمًۭا(as) a lossmaghraman
  8. وَيَتَرَبَّصُand he awaitswayatarabbaṣu
  9. بِكُمُfor youbikumu
  10. ٱلدَّوَآئِرَ ۚthe turns (of misfortune)l-dawāira
  11. عَلَيْهِمْUpon themʿalayhim
  12. دَآئِرَةُ(will be) the turndāiratu
  13. ٱلسَّوْءِ ۗ(of) the evill-sawi
  14. وَٱللَّهُAnd Allahwal-lahu
  15. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearersamīʿun
  16. عَلِيمٌۭAll-Knowerʿalīmun

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