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Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 12

سورة القلم، الآية ١٢

68:12 Juz 29 Hizb 57 Page 564 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 68:12

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ۝١٢

Transliteration

mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin athīmin

Translation

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

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Verse 12 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 564 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 12

Al-Mukhtasar

Who often prevents goodness and oppresses the people in their wealth, their dignity and their lives; who is a habitual sinner and disobeyer.

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Other translations of verse 12

withholder of good, transgressor, sinful,

Hinderer of the good, transgressor, sinful,

Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,

Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

Constant preventer of charity, constantly-vicious transgressor,

Verse 12 word by word

  1. مَّنَّاعٍ mannāʿin A preventer م ن ع
  2. لِّلْخَيْرِ lil'khayri of (the) good خ ي ر
  3. مُعْتَدٍ muʿ'tadin transgressor ع د و
  4. أَثِيمٍ athīmin sinful أ ث م

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    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ مُّرِيبٍ

    Preventer of good, aggressor, and doubter,

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