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Surah An-Nisa, ayah 98

إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا

Except for the oppressed among men, women, and children who cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -

An-Nisa · 4:98

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  1. إِلَّاillāExcept
  2. ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَl-mus'taḍʿafīnathe oppressed
  3. مِنَminaamong
  4. ٱلرِّجَالِl-rijālithe men
  5. وَٱلنِّسَآءِwal-nisāiand the women
  6. وَٱلْوِلْدَٰنِwal-wil'dāniand the children
  7. لَاlā(who) not
  8. يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnaare able to
  9. حِيلَةًۭḥīlatanplan
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnathey are directed
  12. سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan(to) a way

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