البقرة Al-Baqarah

2:1

الٓمٓ ۝١

Alif-lam-meem

Alif Lām Mīm.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Alif, Lam, Mim.Ali Quli Qarai

Alif, Lām, Meem.Saheeh International

2:2

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًۭى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ۝٢

Thalika alkitabu larayba feehi hudan lilmuttaqeen

This Book, the Qur’ān, is a Book in which there is no doubt about its being the revelation from Allāh. It is a guidance for those who guard themselves against displeasing Allāh (i.e., muttaqīn).S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

This is the Book, there is no doubt in it, a guidance to the Godwary,Ali Quli Qarai

This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allāh -Saheeh International

2:3

ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ ۝٣

Allatheena yu/minoona bilghaybiwayuqeemoona assalata wamimma razaqnahumyunfiqoon

The muttaqīn are those who: 1) believe in the unseen realities like Allāh, the angels, revelation, etc.; 2) and perform the prayer; 3) and those who spend in charity from what We have given them;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

who believe in the Unseen, maintain the prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them;Ali Quli Qarai

Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them,Saheeh International

2:4

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ ۝٤

Wallatheena yu/minoona bimaonzila ilayka wama onzila min qablika wabil-akhiratihum yooqinoon

4) and those who believe in what has been revealed to you, O Muḥammad, and in what had been revealed to the prophets before you; 5) and they are sure about life in the hereafter.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and who believe in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before you, and are certain of the Hereafter.Ali Quli Qarai

And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].Saheeh International

2:5

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًۭى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ۝٥

Ola-ika AAala hudan minrabbihim waola-ika humu almuflihoon

These people are on the right guidance given by their Lord, and they will be the successful ones.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Those follow their Lord’s guidance and it is they who are the felicitous.Ali Quli Qarai

Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.Saheeh International

2:6

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٦

Inna allatheena kafaroo sawaonAAalayhim aanthartahum am lam tunthirhum layu/minoon

O Muḥammad, as for those Meccans who disbelieve after the truth has become manifest to them, they will never believe, no matter whether you warn them about Allāh’s punishment or do not warn them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

As for the faithless, it is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not have faith.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.Saheeh International

2:7

خَتَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِمْ ۖ وَعَلَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرِهِمْ غِشَٰوَةٌۭ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌۭ ۝٧

Khatama Allahu AAala quloobihimwaAAala samAAihim waAAala absarihim ghishawatunwalahum AAathabun AAatheem

Because of their disbelief, Allāh has sealed their hearts and their ears, and there is a veil over their eyes, thus making them unyielding. This is their punishment in this world, and in the hereafter, there is a great punishment for them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their hearing, and there is a blindfold on their sight, and there is a great punishment for them.Ali Quli Qarai

Allāh has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.Saheeh International

2:8

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَْٔاخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٨

Wamina annasi man yaqoolu amannabiAllahi wabilyawmi al-akhiri wamahum bimu/mineen

There are some people who say, “We believe in Allāh and in the Last Day,” but actually, they are not believers at all; they are hypocrites.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Among the people are those who say, ‘We have faith in Allah and the Last Day,’ but they have no faith.Ali Quli Qarai

And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh and the Last Day," but they are not believers.Saheeh International

2:9

يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ ۝٩

YukhadiAAoona Allaha wallatheenaamanoo wama yakhdaAAoona illa anfusahum wamayashAAuroon

They try to deceive Allāh and the believers, but they do not realize that they are not deceiving anyone except themselves.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They seek to deceive Allah and those who have faith, yet they deceive no one but themselves, but they are not aware.Ali Quli Qarai

They [think to] deceive Allāh and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.Saheeh International

2:10

فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌۭ فَزَادَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَرَضًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْذِبُونَ ۝١٠

Fee quloobihim maradun fazadahumuAllahu maradan walahum AAathabun aleemun bimakanoo yakthiboon

In their hearts, there is a disease, so Allāh has added to their disease by letting it increase. There is a painful punishment for them in the hereafter because they were lying.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

There is a sickness in their hearts; then Allah increased their sickness, and there is a painful punishment for them because of the lies they used to tell.Ali Quli Qarai

In their hearts is disease, so Allāh has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie.Saheeh International

2:11

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ ۝١١

Wa-itha qeela lahum latufsidoo fee al-ardi qaloo innama nahnumuslihoon

When it is said to these hypocrites, “Do not create corruption on the earth,” they say, “We don’t create corruption; surely we are those who put things in order.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When they are told, ‘Do not cause corruption on the earth,’ they say, ‘We are only reformers!’Ali Quli Qarai

And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption on the earth," they say, "We are but reformers."Saheeh International

2:12

أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ ۝١٢

Ala innahum humu almufsidoona walakinla yashAAuroon

Oh, Yes! Surely, they are the troublemakers and the mischief-makers, but they do not realize it out of arrogance.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Behold! They are themselves the agents of corruption, but they are not aware.Ali Quli Qarai

Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not.Saheeh International

2:13

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝١٣

Wa-itha qeela lahum aminoo kamaamana annasu qaloo anu/minu kamaamana assufahao ala innahum humu assufahaowalakin la yaAAlamoon

And when it is said to them, “Believe in Allāh and His Messenger as the other people have believed,” they say, “Shall we believe as the fools believe?” Oh, Yes! Surely, they are fools, but they are unaware of their own foolishness.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when they are told, ‘Believe like the people who have believed,’ they say, ‘Shall we believe like the fools who have believed?’ Behold! They are themselves the fools, but they do not know.Ali Quli Qarai

And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.Saheeh International

2:14

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ شَيَٰطِينِهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِءُونَ ۝١٤

Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanooqaloo amanna wa-itha khalaw ilashayateenihim qaloo inna maAAakum innamanahnu mustahzi-oon

When the hypocrites meet the believers, they say, “We believe in Allāh and His Messenger,” but when they are alone with their devils, they say, “Surely we are with you, we are just mocking the believers by saying to them that we believe.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When they meet the faithful, they say, ‘We believe,’ but when they are alone with their devils, they say, ‘We are with you; we were only deriding [them].’Ali Quli Qarai

And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."Saheeh International

2:15

ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِى طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ ۝١٥

Allahu yastahzi-o bihim wayamudduhumfee tughyanihim yaAAmahoon

Allāh will mock them on the Day of Judgment. In this world, Allāh has left them wandering astray in their rebellion to increase their punishment in the hereafter.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is Allah who derides them, and leaves them bewildered in their rebellion.Ali Quli Qarai

[But] Allāh mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly.Saheeh International

2:16

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ ۝١٦

Ola-ika allatheena ishtarawooaddalalata bilhuda famarabihat tijaratuhum wama kanoomuhtadeen

These hypocrites are the ones who have bought error at the price of right guidance — their bargaining was not profitable, nor were they rightly guided.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They are the ones who bought error for guidance, so their trade did not profit them, nor were they guided.Ali Quli Qarai

Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.Saheeh International

2:17

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًۭا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَٰتٍۢ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ ۝١٧

Mathaluhum kamathali allatheeistawqada naran falamma adaat ma hawlahuthahaba Allahu binoorihim watarakahum fee thulumatinla yubsiroon

Their parable is like the parable of a person who was entrapped in utter darkness and he kindled a fire to light his torch, but when the fire had illuminated all areas around him, Allāh took away his light (e.g., by means of a wind) and left him entrapped in utter darkness—they do not see.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Their parable is that of one who lighted a torch, and when it had lit up all around him, Allah took away their light, and left them sightless in a manifold darkness.Ali Quli Qarai

Their example is that of one who kindled a fire, but when it illuminated what was around him, Allāh took away their light and left them in darkness [so] they could not see.Saheeh International

2:18

صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌۭ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ ۝١٨

Summun bukmun AAumyun fahum layarjiAAoon

They are spiritually deaf, mute, and blind, and thus they will not turn back from the wrong path to the right guidance. In the same way, a hypocrite declares that he is a believer so that he could benefit from some of the rights of a Muslim like marriage, inheritance, etc. But at the time of death —when a person most needs his faith and deeds— Allāh rejects all the acts of the hypocrite and leaves him in utter grief and darkness.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not come back.Ali Quli Qarai

Deaf, dumb and blind - so they will not return [to the right path].Saheeh International

2:19

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَٰتٌۭ وَرَعْدٌۭ وَبَرْقٌۭ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِم مِّنَ ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ حَذَرَ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ مُحِيطٌۢ بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝١٩

Aw kasayyibin mina assama-ifeehi thulumatun waraAAdun wabarqunyajAAaloona asabiAAahum fee athanihim mina assawaAAiqihathara almawti wallahu muheetunbilkafireen

Or another parable is like the man trapped under the black rain cloud in the sky in which there is utter darkness, thunder and lightning; in that condition, they put their fingers in their ears because of the thunderbolts for fear of death. And Allāh encompasses the unbelievers fully; neither can they hide nor can they avert His punishment in the hereafter.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Or that of a rainstorm from the sky, wherein is darkness, thunder and lightning: they put their fingers in their ears due to the thunderclaps, apprehensive of death; and Allah besieges the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

Or [it is] like a rainstorm from the sky within which is darkness, thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps in dread of death. But Allāh is encompassing of the disbelievers.Saheeh International

2:20

يَكَادُ ٱلْبَرْقُ يَخْطَفُ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ ۖ كُلَّمَآ أَضَآءَ لَهُم مَّشَوْا۟ فِيهِ وَإِذَآ أَظْلَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَامُوا۟ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَذَهَبَ بِسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ ۝٢٠

Yakadu albarqu yakhtafu absarahumkullama adaa lahum mashaw feehi wa-itha athlamaAAalayhim qamoo walaw shaa Allahu lathahababisamAAihim waabsarihim inna Allaha AAalakulli shay-in qadeer

The lightning ; almost dazzles their eyes. Whenever the lightning illuminates the way for them, they walk in it, and when darkness descends on them, they stand still. If Allāh had wished, He would certainly have taken away their hearing and sight. Surely, Allāh has power over all things. In the same way, because of the contrast between a hypocrite’s heart and tongue, he is always in suspense—whenever he meets someone, he cannot utter a word to him unless he becomes sure that this person is a true believer or “one of us.” So before talking to anyone, he has always to be cautious—“whenever the lightning shows the way for him, he walks in it, and whenever darkness descends on him, he stands still wondering what to do.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The lightning almost snatches away their sight: whenever it shines for them, they walk in it, and when the darkness falls upon them, they stand. Had Allah willed, He would have taken away their hearing and sight. Indeed Allah has power over all things.Ali Quli Qarai

The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Every time it lights [the way] for them, they walk therein; but when darkness comes over them, they stand [still]. And if Allāh had willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.Saheeh International

2:21

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ۝٢١

Ya ayyuha annasuoAAbudoo rabbakumu allathee khalaqakum wallatheenamin qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoon

O people, do not be like the unbelievers or the hypocrites. You should worship your Lord Who has created you and those who were before you. By worshipping, you may hopefully guard yourselves against displeasing Allāh.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

O mankind! Worship your Lord, who created you and those who were before you, so that you may be GodwaryAli Quli Qarai

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -Saheeh International

2:22

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًۭا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءًۭ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًۭا لَّكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًۭا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٢٢

Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-ardafirashan wassamaa binaan waanzalamina assama-i maan faakhraja bihi mina aththamaratirizqan lakum fala tajAAaloo lillahi andadanwaantum taAAlamoon

Worship Allāh Who has made the earth into a ‘bed’ (i.e., dwelling-place) for you and the sky into a canopy, the One Who sends down the rain from the clouds and by means of rain He makes the fruits grow and thus provides subsistence for you. Therefore, do not set up partners for Allāh while you know His grace.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—He who made the earth a place of repose for you, and the sky a canopy, and He sends down water from the sky and with it brings forth crops for your sustenance. So do not set up equals to Allah, while you know.Ali Quli Qarai

[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allāh equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].Saheeh International

2:23

وَإِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍۢ مِّمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَىٰ عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا۟ بِسُورَةٍۢ مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ وَٱدْعُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٢٣

Wa-in kuntum fee raybin mimma nazzalnaAAala AAabdina fa/too bisooratin min mithlihi wadAAooshuhadaakum min dooni Allahi in kuntum sadiqeen

And if you are in doubt about the Qur’ān which We have revealed to Our servant Muḥammad and you assume that he has forged it, then produce a chapter (sūrah) like it and call on your helpers, besides Allāh, for help if you are truthful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And if you are in doubt concerning what We have sent down to Our servant, then bring a surah like it, and invoke your helpers besides Allah, if you are truthful.Ali Quli Qarai

And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [i.e., the Qur’ān] upon Our Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], then produce a sūrah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses [i.e., supporters] other than Allāh, if you should be truthful.Saheeh International

2:24

فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ وَلَن تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٢٤

Fa-in lam tafAAaloo walan tafAAaloo fattaqooannara allatee waqooduha annasuwalhijaratu oAAiddat lilkafireen

And if, after trying your best, you are not able to produce it (and surely you will never be able to do so), then fear the Fire whose fuel is people and the idols made of stones: the Fire which has been prepared for those who do not believe in this Book and its teachings.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But if you do not—and you will not—then beware the Fire whose fuel will be humans and stones, prepared for the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.Saheeh International

2:25

وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۖ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِن ثَمَرَةٍۢ رِّزْقًۭا ۙ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى رُزِقْنَا مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَأُتُوا۟ بِهِۦ مُتَشَٰبِهًۭا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِيهَآ أَزْوَٰجٌۭ مُّطَهَّرَةٌۭ ۖ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٢٥

Wabashshiri allatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati anna lahum jannatintajree min tahtiha al-anharu kullamaruziqoo minha min thamaratin rizqan qaloo hathaallathee ruziqna min qablu waotoo bihi mutashabihanwalahum feeha azwajun mutahharatun wahumfeeha khalidoon

O Muḥammad, Convey the good news to those who believe and do good deeds. The good news is that surely for them indeed are the gardens in Heaven in which the rivers flow. Whenever they shall be given a fruit from it as sustenance, they will say, “This is what was given to us before in the world.” They shall be given fruits that will be like the fruits of this world in appearance and name but different in quality and taste, and therein it, they shall have wives who will be pure from worldly uncleanliness. These blessings will not be for a short period, rather the believers shall be in it forever.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And give good news to those who have faith and do righteous deeds, that for them shall be gardens with streams running in them: whenever they are provided with their fruit for nourishment, they will say, ‘This is what we were provided before,’ and they were given something resembling it. There will be chaste mates for them, and they will remain therein [forever].Ali Quli Qarai

And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.Saheeh International

2:26

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًۭا مَّا بَعُوضَةًۭ فَمَا فَوْقَهَا ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلًۭا ۘ يُضِلُّ بِهِۦ كَثِيرًۭا وَيَهْدِى بِهِۦ كَثِيرًۭا ۚ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ ۝٢٦

Inna Allaha la yastahyeean yadriba mathalan ma baAAoodatan famafawqaha faamma allatheena amanoofayaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu min rabbihim waammaallatheena kafaroo fayaqooloona matha aradaAllahu bihatha mathalan yudillu bihikatheeran wayahdee bihi katheeran wama yudillu bihiilla alfasiqeen

For demonstrating the truth, Allāh is not ashamed to give any parable in the Qur’ān, be it of a small thing such as a gnat or of anything larger than that. As for the believers, they know that the parable is the truth from their Lord. As for the unbelievers, they will say, “What does Allāh mean by this parable?” By these parables, Allāh intends to ‘mislead’ many people who disbelieve in Him and to lead many who believe in Him. And remember that He does not ‘mislead’ anyone except the transgressors and the wrongdoersS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed Allah is not ashamed to draw a parable whether it is that of a gnat or something above it. As for those who have faith, they know it is the truth from their Lord; and as for the faithless, they say, ‘What did Allah mean by this parable?’ Thereby He leads many astray, and thereby He guides many; and He leads no one astray thereby except the transgressorsAli Quli Qarai

Indeed, Allāh is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allāh intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,Saheeh International

2:27

ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ ۝٢٧

Allatheena yanqudoona AAahdaAllahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoona maamara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoona fee al-ardiola-ika humu alkhasiroon

who break the covenant of Allāh after its confirmation and sever the relationship which Allāh has ordered to establish between the families and believers and create chaos and corruption on the earth—they are the losers in the hereafter.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—those who break the covenant made with Allah after having pledged it solemnly, and sever what Allah has commanded to be joined, and cause corruption on the earth—it is they who are the losers.Ali Quli Qarai

Who break the covenant of Allāh after contracting it and sever that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.Saheeh International

2:28

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًۭا فَأَحْيَٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ۝٢٨

Kayfa takfuroona billahiwakuntum amwatan faahyakum thumma yumeetukumthumma yuhyeekum thumma ilayhi turjaAAoon

How can you disbelieve in Allāh? You did not exist and so He created you and gave you life; He will then cause you to die and then on the Day of Judgment He will bring you to life again; then you shall be returned to Him for giving an account of your deeds and receiving reward or punishment accordingly. How can you disbelieve in Allāh?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

How can you be unfaithful to Allah, [seeing that] you were lifeless and He gave you life, then He will make you die and then bring you to life, and then you will be brought back to Him?Ali Quli Qarai

How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.Saheeh International

2:29

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ ۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ ۝٢٩

Huwa allathee khalaqa lakum mafee al-ardi jameeAAan thumma istawa ila assama-ifasawwahunna sabAAa samawatin wahuwa bikullishay-in AAaleem

He is the One Who has created for you all the things that are on the earth, and then He equally focused on the heaven and made them into seven heavens, and He knows everything.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

It is He who created for you all that is in the earth, then He turned to the heaven and fashioned it into seven heavens, and He has knowledge of all things.Ali Quli Qarai

It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.Saheeh International

2:30

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌۭ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٠

Wa-ith qala rabbuka lilmala-ikatiinnee jaAAilun fee al-ardi khaleefatan qalooatajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku addimaawanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu lakaqala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoon

When your Lord said to the angels, “I am indeed going to place a vicegerent (khalifah) on the earth,” the angels, by considering the physical dimensions of humans (i.e., anger and passion), said, “What! Will You place on the earth the one who will create corruption in it and shed blood of each other; O Lord! Are you going to make such a creature Your khalifah whereas we sing Your praise and glorify You?” Allāh said, “Surely I know the qualities and virtue of humans which you do not know.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am going to set a viceroy on the earth,’ they said, ‘Will You set in it someone who will cause corruption in it and shed blood, while we celebrate Your praise and proclaim Your sanctity?’ He said, ‘Indeed I know what you do not know.’Ali Quli Qarai

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?" He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."Saheeh International

2:31

وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلْأَسْمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبُِٔونِى بِأَسْمَآءِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٣١

WaAAallama adama al-asmaakullaha thumma AAaradahum AAala almala-ikatifaqala anbi-oonee bi-asma-i haola-iin kuntum sadiqeen

To show the worthiness of humans, Allāh ‘taught’ Adam all the names of the chosen ones from among his descendants who will not act wickedly or shed blood on this earth. Then He presented those spiritual forms to the angels and said, “Tell me the names of these spiritual forms if you are true in your assumption that you are better than Adam.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And He taught Adam the Names, all of them; then presented them to the angels and said, ‘Tell me the names of these, if you are truthful.’Ali Quli Qarai

And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."Saheeh International

2:32

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ۝٣٢

Qaloo subhanaka laAAilma lana illa ma AAallamtanainnaka anta alAAaleemu alhakeem

They said, “Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. You are surely the All- Knowing and the Wise.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Immaculate are You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed You are the All-knowing, the All-wise.’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise."Saheeh International

2:33

قَالَ يََٰٓٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئْهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ۝٣٣

Qala ya adamu anbi/humbi-asma-ihim falamma anbaahum bi-asma-ihim qalaalam aqul lakum innee aAAlamu ghayba assamawatiwal-ardi waaAAlamu ma tubdoona wamakuntum taktumoon

Then He said, “O Adam! Tell them the names of those spiritual forms.” When Adam told them those names, Allāh said to the angels, “Did not I say to you that I know the unseen realities the heavens and the earth, and I also know what you manifest and what you hide.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘O Adam, inform them of their names,’ and when he had informed them of their names, He said, ‘Did I not tell you that I know the Unseen of the heavens and the earth, and that I know whatever you disclose and whatever you conceal?’Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."Saheeh International

2:34

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لَِٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٣٤

Wa-ith qulna lilmala-ikatiosjudoo li-adama fasajadoo illa ibleesa abawastakbara wakana mina alkafireen

When We had created Adam, We said to the angels, “Prostrate (i.e., do sajdah) before Adam.” All of them prostrated except Iblīs, the Satan, who refused and was haughty, and thus he became one of the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam,’ they prostrated, but not Iblis: he refused and acted arrogantly, and he was one of the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.Saheeh International

2:35

وَقُلْنَا يََٰٓٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٣٥

Waqulna ya adamu oskunanta wazawjuka aljannata wakula minha raghadan haythushi/tuma wala taqraba hathihi ashshajaratafatakoona mina aththalimeen

After We had created Adam and Ḥawwa (Eve), We said, “O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Garden and eat from it freely as many fruits as you wish; the only prohibition is that do not approach this tree, otherwise you will run into harm.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We said, ‘O Adam, dwell with your mate in paradise and eat thereof freely whencesoever you wish, but do not approach this tree, lest you should be among the wrongdoers.’Ali Quli Qarai

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."Saheeh International

2:36

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۭ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّۭ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ ۝٣٦

Faazallahuma ashshaytanuAAanha faakhrajahuma mimma kanafeehi waqulna ihbitoo baAAdukum libaAAdinAAaduwwun walakum fee al-ardi mustaqarrun wamataAAunila heen

But the Shayṭān made them slip from that Garden by luring them into eating the fruit of the forbidden tree and thus got them out from the state of felicity in which they had been. So We said to Adam, Ḥawwa, and the Shayṭān: “All of you get down from the Garden to the earth, some of you being the enemies of the others, and there is on the earth your abode and the necessities of life—for a fixed time.” When Adam became aware of his weakness, he felt remorseful and wished to ask Allāh’s forgiveness.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then Satan caused them to stumble from it, and he dislodged them from what [state] they were in; and We said, ‘Get down, being enemies of one another! On the earth shall be your abode and sustenance for a time.’Ali Quli Qarai

But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."Saheeh International

2:37

فَتَلَقَّىٰٓ ءَادَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ كَلِمَٰتٍۢ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٣٧

Fatalaqqa adamu min rabbihikalimatin fataba AAalayhi innahu huwa attawwabuarraheem

So Adam received some words of repentance from his Lord—these words were names of the spiritual forms of the beloved creatures of Allāh taught to him earlier. By beseeching these names, he earnestly asked for forgiveness, and Allāh turned to him mercifully and forgave him. Surely, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then Adam received certain words from his Lord, and He turned to him clemently. Indeed He is the All-clement, the All-merciful.Ali Quli Qarai

Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.Saheeh International

2:38

قُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۭا ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًۭى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ۝٣٨

Qulna ihbitoo minhajameeAAan fa-imma ya/tiyannakum minnee hudan faman tabiAAahudaya fala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

We said, “All of you get down from the Garden. Once you are on the earth, a guidance will certainly come to you from Me, and then whoever follows My guidance, there will be no fear for them nor shall they grieveS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We said, ‘Get down from it, all together! Yet, should any guidance come to you from Me, those who follow My guidance shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve.Ali Quli Qarai

We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.Saheeh International

2:39

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٣٩

Wallatheena kafaroo wakaththaboobi-ayatina ola-ika as-habuannari hum feeha khalidoon

But those who do not follow Our guidance, who disbelieve and reject Our revelations, they are the inmates of the Fire, and therein they shall abide.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But those who are faithless and deny Our signs, they shall be the inmates of the Fire and they shall remain in it [forever].Ali Quli Qarai

And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally."Saheeh International

2:40

يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِعَهْدِىٓ أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ ۝٤٠

Ya banee isra-eela othkurooniAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waawfoo biAAahdee oofibiAAahdikum wa-iyyaya farhaboon

O Children of Israel, remember My favours which I bestowed upon you and be faithful to your covenant with Me. The covenant that each of your generations will describe the signs of the coming of Muḥammad to their children and advise them to believe in him when he emerges in their time. If you fulfill your covenant, then I shall also fulfill My covenant with you. And in this matter, do not fear anyone; Me, Me alone, should you fear.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

O Children of Israel, remember My blessing which I bestowed upon you, and fulfill My covenant that I may fulfill your covenant, and be in awe of Me [alone].Ali Quli Qarai

O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me.Saheeh International

2:41

وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍۭ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِى ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا وَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱتَّقُونِ ۝٤١

Waaminoo bima anzaltu musaddiqanlima maAAakum wala takoonoo awwala kafirinbihi wala tashtaroo bi-ayatee thamananqaleelan wa-iyyaya fattaqoon

And O Israelites, believe in the Qur’ān that I sent down to Muḥammad, the revelation which confirms the message which is with you, and do not be the first ones (among the Ahlu ’l-kitāb) to disbelieve in it. And do not sell My revelations (in the Torah about Muḥammad) at a low price. That is, do not ignore or distort the truth of Muḥammad’s messengership for the sake of your worldly position and gains. And Me, Me alone, should you fear.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And believe in that which I have sent down confirming that which is with you, and do not be the first ones to deny it, and do not sell My signs for a paltry gain, and be wary of Me [alone].Ali Quli Qarai

And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you, and be not the first to disbelieve in it. And do not exchange My signs for a small price, and fear [only] Me.Saheeh International

2:42

وَلَا تَلْبِسُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُوا۟ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤٢

Wala talbisoo alhaqqa bilbatiliwataktumoo alhaqqa waantum taAAlamoon

And O leaders and priests of the Israelites, do not mix up the truth with the falsehood, nor should you conceal the truth from the people while you know the right course.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do not mix the truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know.Ali Quli Qarai

And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].Saheeh International

2:43

وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱرْكَعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلرَّٰكِعِينَ ۝٤٣

Waaqeemoo assalata waatooazzakata warkaAAoo maAAa arrakiAAeen

So accept the message of Islam, perform the prayers, pay the charity, and bow in prayers with those who bow down.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And maintain the prayer, and give the zakat, and bow along with those who bow [in prayer].Ali Quli Qarai

And establish prayer and give zakāh and bow with those who bow [in worship and obedience].Saheeh International

2:44

۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ۝٤٤

Ata/muroona annasa bilbirriwatansawna anfusakum waantum tatloona alkitaba afalataAAqiloon

What! Isn’t it shameful that you urge the people to do good but neglect yourselves by concealing the truth while you read the Book?! Have you then no sense?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Will you bid others to piety and forget yourselves, while you recite the Book? Do you not exercise your reason?Ali Quli Qarai

Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?Saheeh International

2:45

وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَٰشِعِينَ ۝٤٥

WastaAAeenoo bissabriwassalati wa-innaha lakabeeratunilla AAala alkhashiAAeen

Seek assistance through patience and prayer. Of course, prayer is a hard thing except for those who are humble.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And take recourse in patience and prayer, and it is indeed hard except for the humbleAli Quli Qarai

And seek help through patience and prayer; and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allāh]Saheeh International

2:46

ٱلَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ۝٤٦

Allatheena yathunnoonaannahum mulaqoo rabbihim waannahum ilayhi rajiAAoon

The humble people are those who know that they shall meet their Lord and that to Him they shall return. So arrogance is a spiritual disease that overpowers a man only when he forgets the Day of Judgment, the day on which he shall have to give an account of all his deeds.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—those who are certain that they will encounter their Lord and that they will return to Him.Ali Quli Qarai

Who are certain that they will meet their Lord and that they will return to Him.Saheeh International

2:47

يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّى فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٤٧

Ya banee isra-eela othkurooniAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waannee faddaltukumAAala alAAalameen

(1) O Children of Israel, remember My favour which I bestowed upon you and also remember that I preferred you over the nations of the world.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

O Children of Israel, remember My blessing which I bestowed upon you, and that I gave you an advantage over all the nations.Ali Quli Qarai

O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds [i.e., peoples].Saheeh International

2:48

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًۭا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍۢ شَئًْۭا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَٰعَةٌۭ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤٨

Wattaqoo yawman la tajzeenafsun AAan nafsin shay-an wala yuqbalu minha shafaAAatunwala yu/khathu minha AAadlun wala humyunsaroon

And fear the Day of Judgment when no person shall compensate for another in the least, neither shall anyone’s intercession on his behalf be accepted, nor shall any compensation be taken from himself; and on that day they shall not be helped by others in any way.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Beware of the day when no soul will compensate for another, neither any intercession shall be accepted from it, nor any ransom shall be received from it, nor will they be helped.Ali Quli Qarai

And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.Saheeh International

2:49

وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌۭ ۝٤٩

Wa-ith najjaynakum min alifirAAawna yasoomoonakum soo-a alAAathabi yuthabbihoonaabnaakum wayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikumbalaon min rabbikum AAatheem

(2) And also remember when We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh (Fir‘awn) who imposed upon you severe torment—killing your sons and sparing your women. In this was a great trial from your Lord.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[Remember] when We delivered you from Pharaoh’s clan who inflicted a terrible torment on you, and slaughtered your sons and spared your women, and in that there was a great test from your Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We saved you [i.e., your forefathers] from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.Saheeh International

2:50

وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٥٠

Wa-ith faraqna bikumu albahrafaanjaynakum waaghraqna ala firAAawnawaantum tanthuroon

(3) Also remember when We parted the sea for you and thus We saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you watched them.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We parted the sea with you, and We delivered you and drowned Pharaoh’s clan as you looked on.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.Saheeh International

2:51

وَإِذْ وَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةًۭ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ ۝٥١

Wa-ith waAAadna moosaarbaAAeena laylatan thumma ittakhathtumu alAAijla minbaAAdihi waantum thalimoon

(4) And remember My favour on you at the time when We decided to give the Tawrat to Mūsā (Moses): We made an appointment with Mūsā to go to Mount Sinai and fast for forty nights, and then after he left you, you took the image of a calf for your god while you were sinners. When Mūsā returned and ordered you to ask forgiveness and you repented,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights, you took up the Calf [for worship] in his absence, and you were wrongdoers.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We made an appointment with Moses for forty nights. Then you took [for worship] the calf after him [i.e., his departure], while you were wrongdoers.Saheeh International

2:52

ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ۝٥٢

Thumma AAafawna AAankum min baAAdi thalikalaAAallakum tashkuroon

We pardoned you after that idol-worshipping so that you may thank Me.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We excused you after that so that you might give thanks.Ali Quli Qarai

Then We forgave you after that so perhaps you would be grateful.Saheeh International

2:53

وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ۝٥٣

Wa-ith atayna moosaalkitaba walfurqana laAAallakum tahtadoon

(5) And remember, when We gave Mūsā the Book, the Tawrāt, and the discerning knowledge to separate the truth from the falsehood. All this was done so that you may be guided rightly.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We gave Moses the Book and the Criterion so that you might be guided.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.Saheeh International

2:54

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنَّكُمْ ظَلَمْتُمْ أَنفُسَكُم بِٱتِّخَاذِكُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ فَتُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ بَارِئِكُمْ فَٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ عِندَ بَارِئِكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٥٤

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi ya qawmi innakum thalamtumanfusakum bittikhathikumu alAAijla fatooboo ilabari-ikum faqtuloo anfusakum thalikumkhayrun lakum AAinda bari-ikum fataba AAalaykuminnahu huwa attawwabu arraheem

(6) And remember when he returned from Mount Sinai after forty days, Mūsā said to his people, “O My people! You have surely been unjust to yourselves by taking the image of a calf for your god; so turn to your Creator penitently and kill those of your people who worshipped the calf; that is best for you with your Creator.” Then He turned to you with forgiveness. Surely, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And [recall] when Moses said to his people, ‘O my people! You have indeed wronged yourselves by taking up the Calf [for worship]. Now turn penitently to your Maker, and slay [the guilty among] your folks. That will be better for you with your Maker.’ Then He turned to you clemently. Indeed, He is the All-clement, the All-merciful.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "O my people, indeed you have wronged yourselves by your taking of the calf [for worship]. So repent to your Creator and kill yourselves [i.e., the guilty among you]. That is best for [all of] you in the sight of your Creator." Then He accepted your repentance; indeed, He is the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.Saheeh International

2:55

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةًۭ فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ ٱلصَّٰعِقَةُ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٥٥

Wa-ith qultum ya moosalan nu/mina laka hatta nara Allahajahratan faakhathatkumu assaAAiqatu waantumtanthuroon

(7) And remember that after all these favours when you said to Mūsā, “O Mūsā! We will not believe in you until we see Allāh manifestly with our eyes,” the lightening struck you while you looked on.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when you said, ‘O Moses, we will not believe you until we see Allah visibly.’ Thereupon a thunderbolt seized you as you looked on.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.Saheeh International

2:56

ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَٰكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ۝٥٦

Thumma baAAathnakum min baAAdimawtikum laAAallakum tashkuroon

But then, by Mūsā's intercession, We raised you after your death so that you may thank Me and be obedient to Me.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then We raised you up after your death so that you might give thanks.Ali Quli Qarai

Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.Saheeh International

2:57

وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْغَمَامَ وَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا۟ مِن طَيِّبَٰتِ مَا رَزَقْنَٰكُمْ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ۝٥٧

Wathallalna AAalaykumualghamama waanzalna AAalaykumu almanna wassalwakuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum wamathalamoona walakin kanooanfusahum yathlimoon

(8) Not only this, but when you could not bear the hot sun of the desert, We made a shade over you by the clouds. We sent down to you manna and quails, and We said, “Eat of the good things that We have given you.” By their wrongdoings and mischief, the Israelites did not harm Us, rather they were harming themselves.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We shaded you with clouds, and sent down to you manna and quails [saying]: ‘Eat of the good things We have provided for you.’ And they did not wrong Us, but they used to wrong [only] themselves.Ali Quli Qarai

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.Saheeh International

2:58

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ٱدْخُلُوا۟ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رَغَدًۭا وَٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْبَابَ سُجَّدًۭا وَقُولُوا۟ حِطَّةٌۭ نَّغْفِرْ لَكُمْ خَطَٰيَٰكُمْ ۚ وَسَنَزِيدُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ۝٥٨

Wa-ith qulna odkhuloo hathihialqaryata fakuloo minha haythu shi/tum raghadan wadkhulooalbaba sujjadan waqooloo hittatun naghfirlakum khatayakum wasanazeedu almuhsineen

(9) When they left the desert they reached a city; and then We said, “Enter this city and eat from it as much as you wish. And enter the city's gate in the state of prostrating and say repenting words. If you do so, We will forgive you your wrongdoings and give more blessings to those who do good.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We said, ‘Enter this town, and eat thereof freely whencesoever you wish, and enter while prostrating at the gate, and say, ‘‘Relieve [us of the burden of our sins],’’ so that We may forgive your iniquities and We will soon enhance the virtuous.’Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We said, "Enter this city [i.e., Jerusalem] and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens [i.e., sins].' We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."Saheeh International

2:59

فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رِجْزًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ ۝٥٩

Fabaddala allatheena thalamooqawlan ghayra allathee qeela lahum faanzalna AAalaallatheena thalamoo rijzan mina assama-ibima kanoo yafsuqoon

But those who were unjust among them changed My commands for a saying other than what was said to them. So We sent upon the unjust ones a pestilence from the heaven because of what they were sinfully doing.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But the wrongdoers changed the saying with other than what they were told. So We sent down on those who were wrongdoers a plague from the sky because of the transgressions they used to commit.Ali Quli Qarai

But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment [i.e., plague] from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying.Saheeh International

2:60

۞ وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًۭا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍۢ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ ۝٦٠

Wa-ithi istasqa moosaliqawmihi faqulna idrib biAAasaka alhajarafanfajarat minhu ithnata AAashrata AAaynan qadAAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum kuloo washraboomin rizqi Allahi wala taAAthaw fee al-ardimufsideen

(10) And when various tribes of the Israelites said that each of them wanted to have a drinking place for themselves, Mūsā asked for water for his people. We told him, “Strike the rock with your staff.” Then as soon as Mūsā struck the rock, twelve springs gushed out from it and each tribe knew its drinking place. We said, “Eat and drink from the provision of Allāh and do not act wickedly on the earth, creating chaos.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when Moses prayed for water for his people, We said, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’ Thereat twelve fountains gushed forth from it; every tribe came to know its drinking-place. ‘Eat and drink of Allah’s provision, and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people [i.e., tribe] knew its watering place. "Eat and drink from the provision of Allāh, and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption."Saheeh International

2:61

وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍۢ وَٰحِدٍۢ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنۢ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّآئِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا ۖ قَالَ أَتَسْتَبْدِلُونَ ٱلَّذِى هُوَ أَدْنَىٰ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ خَيْرٌ ۚ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ مِصْرًۭا فَإِنَّ لَكُم مَّا سَأَلْتُمْ ۗ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ وَٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بَِٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۧنَ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ ۝٦١

Wa-ith qultum ya moosalan nasbira AAala taAAamin wahidinfadAAu lana rabbaka yukhrij lana mimmatunbitu al-ardu min baqliha waqiththa-ihawafoomiha waAAadasiha wabasaliha qalaatastabdiloona allathee huwa adna billatheehuwa khayrun ihbitoo misran fa-inna lakum masaaltum waduribat AAalayhimu aththillatu walmaskanatuwabaoo bighadabin mina Allahi thalikabi-annahum kanoo yakfuroona bi-ayati Allahiwayaqtuloona annabiyyeena bighayri alhaqqi thalikabima AAasaw wakanoo yaAAtadoon

(11) And remember when you said, “O Mūsā! We shall not bear with only one type of food, therefore, pray to your Lord for us so that He may bring forth for us what the earth grows—of its herbs, cucumbers, garlic, lentils and onions.” Allāh said, “Will you exchange that food which I have sent from heavens and which is better for that which is comparatively inferior? Then go to a city; there, you will find what you asked for.” Because of their wrong choice, shame and humiliation was imposed upon them, and, thus, they brought Allāh’s wrath upon themselves—this was because they were disbelieving in the revelations of Allāh and killing the prophets without any justification. They reached this worst stage of their behaviour because they disobeyed and were exceeding the limits.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when you said, ‘O Moses, ‘We will not put up with one kind of food. So invoke your Lord for us, so that He may bring forth for us of that which the earth grows—its greens and cucumbers, its garlic, lentils, and onions.’ He said, ‘Do you seek to replace what is superior with that which is inferior? Go down to any town and you will indeed get what you ask for!’ So they were struck with abasement and poverty, and they earned Allah’s wrath. That, because they would deny the signs of Allah and kill the prophets unjustly. That, because they would disobey and commit transgressions.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allāh [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allāh and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.Saheeh International

2:62

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ وَٱلصَّٰبِِٔينَ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَْٔاخِرِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًۭا فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ۝٦٢

Inna allatheena amanoo wallatheenahadoo wannasara wassabi-eenaman amana biAllahi walyawmi al-akhiriwaAAamila salihan falahum ajruhum AAinda rabbihimwala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoon

Surely those who just call themselves “the Believers,” “the Jews,” “the Christians,” and “the Ṣābi’īn” will not gain salvation; of course, whosoever truly believes in Allāh and the Last Day, and performs good deeds as guided by the prophets—they shall have their reward from their Lord and there shall be no fear for them nor shall they grieve on the Day of Judgement.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed the faithful, the Jews, the Christians and the Sabaeans—those of them who have faith in Allah and the Last Day and act righteously—they shall have their reward from their Lord, and they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] - those [among them] who believed in Allāh and the Last Day and did righteousness - will have their reward with their Lord, and no fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.Saheeh International

2:63

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ۝٦٣

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wathkurooma feehi laAAallakum tattaqoon

(12) And remember when We took a promise from you, O the Israelites, to follow Tawrāt's prophecy about Muḥammad. But when you refused to fulfil your pledge, We lifted Mount Sinai over you, and then We said, “Take firm hold of the Tawrāt that We have given you and remember what is in it.” By remembering Tawrāt's teachings and thus following them, you may guard yourselves against displeasing Me.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We took a pledge from you, and raised the Mount above you, [declaring], ‘Hold on with power to what We have given you and remember that which is in it so that you may be Godwary.’Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We took your covenant, [O Children of Israel, to abide by the Torah] and We raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that perhaps you may become righteous."Saheeh International

2:64

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ لَكُنتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ۝٦٤

Thumma tawallaytum min baAAdi thalikafalawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhulakuntum mina alkhasireen

Then you obeyed and turned back to Allāh after that threat. So were it not for the grace of Allāh and His mercy on you, you would certainly have been among the losers. (In this verse one can see that sometimes even the threats and punishments of Allāh are a grace because they are meant to open our eyes and mend our wrong ways.)S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Again you turned away after that; and were it not for Allah’s grace on you and His mercy, you would have surely been among the losers.Ali Quli Qarai

Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers.Saheeh International

2:65

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِِٔينَ ۝٦٥

Walaqad AAalimtumu allatheenaiAAtadaw minkum fee assabti faqulna lahum koonooqiradatan khasi-een

You certainly know about those people among you who indulged in worldly works on Saturdays and thus exceeded the forbidden limits of the Sabbath. We said to them, “Be (i.e. change into) apes that are spurned.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And certainly you know those of you who violated the Sabbath, whereupon We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’Ali Quli Qarai

And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."Saheeh International

2:66

فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا نَكَٰلًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةًۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ۝٦٦

FajaAAalnaha nakalanlima bayna yadayha wama khalfahawamawAAithatan lilmuttaqeen

We made them an example (for those who witnessed that punishment and for those who came after that incident) and an admonition for those who guard themselves against displeasing Allāh.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So We made it an exemplary punishment for the present and the succeeding [generations], and an advice to the Godwary.Ali Quli Qarai

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh.Saheeh International

2:67

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا۟ بَقَرَةًۭ ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَتَّخِذُنَا هُزُوًۭا ۖ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِٱللَّهِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ ۝٦٧

Wa-ith qala moosaliqawmihi inna Allaha ya/murukum an tathbahoobaqaratan qaloo atattakhithuna huzuwan qalaaAAoothu biAllahi an akoona mina aljahileen

(13) An Israelite had killed a person. When the body was discovered, each tribe accused the other of murder. At last, they came to Mūsā and said, “O Mūsā! Tell us who has killed this man?” And remember when Mūsā said to his people, “Surely Allāh commands you to slaughter a cow,” they said, “Do you hold us in contempt?!” He answered, “I seek the protection of Allāh from being one of the ignorant.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when Moses said to his people, ‘Allah commands you to slaughter a cow,’ they said, ‘Are you mocking us?’ He said, ‘I seek Allah’s protection lest I should be one of the ignorant!’Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when Moses said to his people, "Indeed, Allāh commands you to slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you take us in ridicule?" He said, "I seek refuge in Allāh from being among the ignorant."Saheeh International

2:68

قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌۭ لَّا فَارِضٌۭ وَلَا بِكْرٌ عَوَانٌۢ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ فَٱفْعَلُوا۟ مَا تُؤْمَرُونَ ۝٦٨

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma hiya qala innahu yaqooluinnaha baqaratun la faridun walabikrun AAawanun bayna thalika fafAAaloo matu/maroon

They, the Israelites, said, “Call your Lord for us so that He may describe for us what is it that He wants us to slaughter.” He (Mūsā) said, “He says, ‘Surely, the animal which I want you to slaughter is a cow which is neither old nor too young but of a middle age between that.’ Therefore, do what you have been ordered to do.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Invoke your Lord for us that He may clarify for us what she may be.’ He said, ‘He says, she is a cow, neither old nor young, of a middle age. Now do what you are commanded.’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is." [Moses] said, "[Allāh] says, 'It is a cow which is neither old nor virgin, but median between that,' so do what you are commanded."Saheeh International

2:69

قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌۭ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌۭ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّٰظِرِينَ ۝٦٩

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma lawnuha qala innahuyaqoolu innaha baqaratun safrao faqiAAunlawnuha tasurru annathireen

They (Israelites) said, “Call your Lord for us so that He may describe for us what should her colour be.” He (Mūsā) said, “He says, ‘She is a yellow cow, her colour is bright, giving delight to the onlookers.’”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Invoke your Lord for us that He may clarify for us what her colour may be.’ He said, ‘He says, she is a cow that is yellow, of a bright hue, pleasing to the onlookers.’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the observers.'"Saheeh International

2:70

قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ إِنَّ ٱلْبَقَرَ تَشَٰبَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّآ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ ۝٧٠

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbakayubayyin lana ma hiya inna albaqara tashabahaAAalayna wa-inna in shaa Allahulamuhtadoon

They (Israelites) said, “Call your Lord for us so that He may describe more precisely for us what is it, for surely to us the cows are all alike. And if Allāh wills, we shall surely be guided aright.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Invoke your Lord for us that He may clarify for us what she may be. Indeed all cows are much alike to us, and if Allah wishes we will surely be guided.’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, [all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allāh wills, will be guided."Saheeh International

2:71

قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌۭ لَّا ذَلُولٌۭ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌۭ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلَْٰٔنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ۝٧١

Qala innahu yaqoolu innahabaqaratun la thaloolun tutheeru al-arda walatasqee alhartha musallamatun la shiyata feehaqaloo al-ana ji/ta bilhaqqi fathabahoohawama kadoo yafAAaloon

He (Mūsā) said, “He says, ‘It is a cow which is not docile that it could be made to plough the lands or to water the tillage, and that is intact without any blemish in it.’” They (Israelites) said, “Now you have come with the perfect description.” Then they slaughtered the cow, though they had almost decided not to do so because of the high price they had to pay.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘He says, She is a cow not broken to till the earth or water the tillage, sound and without blemish.’ They said, ‘Now have you come up with the truth!’ And they slaughtered it, though they were about not to do it.Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.'" They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.Saheeh International

2:72

وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًۭا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌۭ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ۝٧٢

Wa-ith qataltum nafsan faddara/tumfeeha wallahu mukhrijun ma kuntumtaktumoon

O Children of Israel! Remember when you killed a man and then disagreed among yourselves about the murder and started to accuse each other, and Allāh wanted to bring out the truth about that murder which you were hiding.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when you killed a soul, and accused one another about it—and Allah was to expose what you were concealing—Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allāh was to bring out that which you were concealing.Saheeh International

2:73

فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ ۝٧٣

Faqulna idriboohu bibaAAdihakathalika yuhyee Allahu almawtawayureekum ayatihi laAAallakum taAAqiloon

So We said, “Strike the dead body with a part of the slaughtered cow, then the dead body will become alive and tell you who killed it.” In this way, Allāh brings the dead back to life and shows to you His signs so that you may understand the truth.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We said, ‘Strike him with a piece of it:’ thus does Allah revive the dead, and He shows you His signs so that you may exercise your reason.Ali Quli Qarai

So We said, "Strike him [i.e., the slain man] with part of it." Thus does Allāh bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.Saheeh International

2:74

ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِىَ كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةًۭ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمَآءُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ۝٧٤

Thumma qasat quloobukum min baAAdi thalikafahiya kalhijarati aw ashaddu qaswatanwa-inna mina alhijarati lama yatafajjaruminhu al-anharu wa-inna minha lamayashshaqqaqu fayakhruju minhu almao wa-inna minhalama yahbitu min khashyati Allahi wamaAllahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloon

But even after all these favours, your hearts became hardened like rocks, rather much harder than rocks: there are some rocks from which streams burst forth, there are some of them which split asunder so that water comes out of them, and still there are some other stones that fall down from mountain cliffs and tremble for fear of Allāh. But your hearts are even worse than these stones. And Allāh is not at all heedless of what you do.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then your hearts hardened after that; so they are like stones, or even harder. For there are some stones from which streams gush forth, and there are some of them that split, and water issues from them, and there are some that fall for the fear of Allah. And Allah is not oblivious of what you do.Ali Quli Qarai

Then your hearts became hardened after that, being like stones or even harder. For indeed, there are stones from which rivers burst forth, and there are some of them that split open and water comes out, and there are some of them that fall down for fear of Allāh. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.Saheeh International

2:75

۞ أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٧٥

AfatatmaAAoona an yu/minoo lakumwaqad kana fareequn minhum yasmaAAoona kalama Allahithumma yuharrifoonahu min baAAdi ma AAaqaloohuwahum yaAAlamoon

After describing the favours that He bestowed upon the Israelites, Allāh addresses the believers: Do you then hope that these Israelites would believe in you, whereas a party from them (in the early days of Mūsā) used to hear the word of Allāh and then alter it after they had understood it? And they did all these alterations while they knew the truth!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Are you then eager that they should believe you, though a part of them would hear the word of Allah and then they would distort it after they had understood it, and they knew [what they were doing]?Ali Quli Qarai

Do you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allāh and then distort it [i.e., the Torah] after they had understood it while they were knowing?Saheeh International

2:76

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم بِمَا فَتَحَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَآجُّوكُم بِهِۦ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ۝٧٦

Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanooqaloo amanna wa-itha khalabaAAduhum ila baAAdin qaloo atuhaddithoonahumbima fataha Allahu AAalaykum liyuhajjookumbihi AAinda rabbikum afala taAAqiloon

When they (the Jews of Medina) meet the believers, they say, “We believe like what you believe.” But when these Jews are alone with one another, their priests tell them, “Do you talk to the believers about their beliefs which Allāh has disclosed to you in the Tawrat? Do not you realize that they may argue against you by this verbal confession before your Lord on the Day of Judgment?! Do you not then understand?”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When they meet the faithful, they say, ‘We believe,’ and when they are alone with one another, they say, ‘Do you recount to them what Allah has revealed to you, so that they may argue with you therewith before your Lord? Do you not exercise your reason?’Ali Quli Qarai

And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allāh has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?Saheeh International

2:77

أَوَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۝٧٧

Awa la yaAAlamoona anna AllahayaAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoon

Do not these Jews know that Allāh knows what they keep secret in their hearts and what they make known by their speech?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do they not know that Allah knows whatever they hide and whatever they disclose?Ali Quli Qarai

But do they not know that Allāh knows what they conceal and what they declare?Saheeh International

2:78

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ۝٧٨

Waminhum ommiyyoona la yaAAlamoonaalkitaba illa amaniyya wa-in hum illayathunnoon

And among the Jews there are some illiterate people who do not know anything about the Book (the Tawrāt) except lies conveyed to them by their priests, and they do not have any knowledge but they just conjecture.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And among them are the illiterate who know nothing of the Book except hearsay, and they only make conjectures.Ali Quli Qarai

And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except [indulgement in] wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.Saheeh International

2:79

فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا ۖ فَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ ۝٧٩

Fawaylun lillatheena yaktuboona alkitababi-aydeehim thumma yaqooloona hatha min AAindi Allahiliyashtaroo bihi thamanan qaleelan fawaylun lahum mimmakatabat aydeehim wawaylun lahum mimma yaksiboon

Woe unto those leaders of the Jewish community who write the book by their own hands (i.e., alter the Book revealed from Allāh) and then say, “This is the revelation from Allāh.” They do this so that they may sell it at a low price, i.e., so that they could safeguard their worldly position in their community. Therefore, woe unto them for what their hands have written and woe unto them for what they earn by keeping their followers in the dark. When the Jewish leaders were warned about the consequence of their wrongdoings,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So woe to them who write the Book with their hands and then say, ‘This is from Allah,’ that they may sell it for a paltry gain. So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn!Ali Quli Qarai

So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allāh," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.Saheeh International

2:80

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًۭا مَّعْدُودَةًۭ ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهْدًۭا فَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٨٠

Waqaloo lan tamassana annaruilla ayyaman maAAdoodatan qul attakhathtumAAinda Allahi AAahdan falan yukhlifa AllahuAAahdahu am taqooloona AAala Allahi ma lataAAlamoon

they said, “The Fire shall not touch us but for a few days.” O Muḥammad! Tell them, “Have you secured a promise from Allāh (against everlasting punishment) so that Allāh would never fail to fulfil His promise? Or do you speak against Allāh what you do not know?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And they say, ‘The Fire shall not touch us except for a number of days.’ Say, ‘Have you taken a promise from Allah? If so, Allah will never break His promise. Do you ascribe to Allah what you do not know?’Ali Quli Qarai

And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for [a few] numbered days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allāh? For Allāh will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"Saheeh International

2:81

بَلَىٰ مَن كَسَبَ سَيِّئَةًۭ وَأَحَٰطَتْ بِهِۦ خَطِيَٓٔتُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٨١

Bala man kasaba sayyi-atan waahatatbihi khatee-atuhu faola-ika as-habu annarihum feeha khalidoon

Of course, whoever earns an evil and his sins surround him—they are the inmates of the Fire, therein they shall abide;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly whoever commits misdeeds and is besieged by his iniquity—such shall be the inmates of the Fire, and they will remain in it [forever].Ali Quli Qarai

Yes, [on the contrary], whoever earns evil and his sin has encompassed him - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally.Saheeh International

2:82

وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ ۝٨٢

Wallatheena amanoowaAAamiloo assalihati ola-ika as-habualjannati hum feeha khalidoon

whereas those who believe and do good deeds—they are the dwellers of the Garden, in it they shall abide.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And those who have faith and do righteous deeds—they shall be the inhabitants of paradise; they will remain in it [forever].Ali Quli Qarai

But they who believe and do righteous deeds - those are the companions of Paradise; they will abide therein eternally.Saheeh International

2:83

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًۭا وَذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَقُولُوا۟ لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًۭا وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًۭا مِّنكُمْ وَأَنتُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ۝٨٣

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqabanee isra-eela la taAAbudoona illa Allahawabilwalidayni ihsanan watheealqurba walyatama walmasakeeniwaqooloo linnasi husnan waaqeemoo assalatawaatoo azzakata thumma tawallaytum illaqaleelan minkum waantum muAAridoon

And remember when We made a covenant with the Children of Israel that: • you shall not worship anyone but Allāh, • you shall be good to your parents, the relatives, the orphans and the needy, • you shall speak to people with goodness, • you shall perform the prayers, • and you shall give the charity. But then all of you turned away from this covenant except a few of you, and now you also are turning away.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When We took a pledge from the Children of Israel, [saying]: ‘Worship no one but Allah, do good to your parents, relatives, orphans, and the needy, speak kindly to people, maintain the prayer, and give the zakat,’ you turned away, except a few of you, and you were disregardful.Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allāh; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the needy. And speak to people good [words] and establish prayer and give zakāh." Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were refusing.Saheeh International

2:84

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَآءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ أَنفُسَكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ ۝٨٤

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumla tasfikoona dimaakum wala tukhrijoonaanfusakum min diyarikum thumma aqrartum waantum tashhadoon

And also remember when We made a covenant with you, O Israelites, that: “You should not shed your own blood by killing each other, nor should you turn your own people out of your neighbourhood”—then you acknowledged the covenant while you witnessed. There were two Jewish tribes in an area around Medina: Bani Qurayẓah and Bani Naḍīr. Both were aligned to two rival Medinese tribes: the former was aligned to Aws, and the latter was aligned to Khazraj. When the two Medinese tribes fought, their Jewish allies would also fight on opposite sides.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We took a pledge from you, [saying]: ‘You shall not shed your [own people’s] blood, and you shall not expel your folks from your homes,’ you pledged, and you testify [to this pledge of your ancestors].Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We took your covenant, [saying], "Do not shed your [i.e., each other's] blood or evict one another from your homes." Then you acknowledged [this] while you were witnessing.Saheeh International

2:85

ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًۭا مِّنكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِهِمْ تَظَٰهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَإِن يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَٰرَىٰ تُفَٰدُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍۢ ۚ فَمَا جَزَآءُ مَن يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْىٌۭ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَشَدِّ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ۝٨٥

Thumma antum haola-itaqtuloona anfusakum watukhrijoona fareeqan minkum min diyarihimtathaharoona AAalayhim bil-ithmi walAAudwaniwa-in ya/tookum osara tufadoohum wahuwa muharramunAAalaykum ikhrajuhum afatu/minoona bibaAAdi alkitabiwatakfuroona bibaAAdin fama jazao manyafAAalu thalika minkum illa khizyun fee alhayatiaddunya wayawma alqiyamati yuraddoona ilaashaddi alAAathabi wama Allahu bighafilinAAamma taAAmaloon

Then you were the ones who killed your own people and turned a group from among yourselves out of their neighbourhood, and you helped one another against them sinfully and aggressively. And at the same time, if they (i.e., your own Jewish people whom you had turned out of their neighbourhood) are brought by your enemies to you as captives, you agree to pay the ransom for freeing them—of course, turning them out of their neighbourhood was unlawful for you. Do you then believe in some teachings of the Book (the Tawrāt) and disbelieve in the others? What then is the punishment of those among you who do so except disgrace in the worldly life, and on the day of resurrection, they shall be sent to the most grievous punishment. And Allāh is not at all heedless of what you do.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then there you were, killing your folks and expelling a part of your folks from their homes, backing one another against them in sin and aggression! And if they came to you as captives, you would ransom them, though their expulsion itself was forbidden you. What! Do you believe in part of the Book and deny another part? So what is the requital of those of you who do that except disgrace in the life of this world? And on the Day of Resurrection, they shall be consigned to the severest punishment. And Allah is not oblivious of what you do.Ali Quli Qarai

Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.Saheeh International

2:86

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۖ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٨٦

Ola-ika allatheena ishtarawooalhayata addunya bil-akhiratifala yukhaffafu AAanhumu alAAathabu wala humyunsaroon

These were the people who bought the present life at the price of the hereafter, so in the hereafter their chastisement will not be lightened for them, nor shall they be helped.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They are the ones who bought the life of this world for the Hereafter; so their punishment shall not be lightened, nor will they be helped.Ali Quli Qarai

Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.Saheeh International

2:87

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ بِٱلرُّسُلِ ۖ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُكُمُ ٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًۭا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًۭا تَقْتُلُونَ ۝٨٧

Walaqad atayna moosaalkitaba waqaffayna min baAAdihi birrusuliwaatayna AAeesa ibna maryama albayyinatiwaayyadnahu biroohi alqudusi afakullama jaakumrasoolun bima la tahwa anfusukumuistakbartum fafareeqan kaththabtum wafareeqan taqtuloon

We certainly gave Mūsā the Book (the Tawrāt), and after him, We sent many messengers one after the other. And We gave ‘Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) the clear signs like raising the dead and curing the lepers, and We supported him with the Rūḥu ’l-Qudus (the Holy Spirit). All these messengers and books were sent for your guidance, O Children of Israel. But look at you! Isn’t it that whenever a messenger came to you with the teachings that your souls did not like, you became arrogant? You accused some of them of lying, and others among them, you killed.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly, We gave Moses the Book and followed him with the apostles, and We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, manifest proofs and confirmed him with the Holy Spirit. Is it not that whenever an apostle brought you that which was not to your liking, you would act arrogantly; so you would impugn a group [of them], and slay a[nother] group?Ali Quli Qarai

And We did certainly give Moses the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel]. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.Saheeh International

2:88

وَقَالُوا۟ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌۢ ۚ بَل لَّعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَقَلِيلًۭا مَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٨٨

Waqaloo quloobuna ghulfun ballaAAanahumu Allahu bikufrihim faqaleelan mayu/minoon

These Jews say, “Our hearts are covered by our beliefs, and so your call can't reach us.” Nay! Rather Allāh has cursed them because of their disbelief, and thus their hearts have become hardened—so rarely do they believe in Allāh’s words.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And they say, ‘Our hearts are uncircumcised.’ Rather, Allah has cursed them for their unfaith, so few of them have faith.Ali Quli Qarai

And they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." But, [in fact], Allāh has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe.Saheeh International

2:89

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌۭ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم مَّا عَرَفُوا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ فَلَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٨٩

Walamma jaahum kitabunmin AAindi Allahi musaddiqun lima maAAahumwakanoo min qablu yastaftihoona AAala allatheenakafaroo falamma jaahum ma AAarafoo kafaroobihi falaAAnatu Allahi AAala alkafireen

And when a Book, the Qur’ān, came to them from Allāh verifying the message of Tawrāt (about Muḥammad's advent) which was still with them; and those Jews so firmly believed in that message that before the Prophet’s emergence, they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieved in it. But when the Book had come to them with the message they had known, they disbelieved in it! Allāh’s curse is on the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when there came to them a Book from Allah, confirming that which is with them—and earlier they would pray for victory over the pagans—so when there came to them what they recognized, they denied it. So may the curse of Allah be on the faithless!Ali Quli Qarai

And when there came to them a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] from Allāh confirming that which was with them - although before they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieved - but [then] when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of Allāh will be upon the disbelievers.Saheeh International

2:90

بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍۢ ۚ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ ۝٩٠

Bi/sama ishtaraw bihi anfusahum anyakfuroo bima anzala Allahu baghyan an yunazzilaAllahu min fadlihi AAala man yashaomin AAibadihi fabaoo bighadabin AAalaghadabin walilkafireena AAathabun muheen

Evil is the thing for which they have sold their souls by disbelieving in what Allāh has revealed. They disbelieved in Muḥammad out of envy that Allāh should send down His grace (i.e., prophethood) on whomsoever He pleases from among His servants. And thus, they brought (upon themselves) Allāh’s wrath upon wrath by rejecting ‘Īsā and Muḥammad—and, in the hereafter, there is a disgraceful punishment for the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Evil is that for which they have sold their souls, by defying what Allah has sent down, out of envy that Allah should bestow His grace on any of His servants that He wishes. Thus, they earned wrath upon wrath, and there is a humiliating punishment for the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allāh has revealed through [their] outrage that Allāh would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.Saheeh International

2:91

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَآءَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ ۗ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنۢبِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝٩١

Wa-itha qeela lahum aminoo bimaanzala Allahu qaloo nu/minu bima onzilaAAalayna wayakfuroona bima waraahu wahuwa alhaqqumusaddiqan lima maAAahum qul falima taqtuloonaanbiyaa Allahi min qablu in kuntum mu/mineen

And when it is said to them: “Believe in the Qur’ān which Allāh has revealed,” they say, “We believe in the Tawrāt which was revealed to us.” They deny whatever is besides the Tawrāt, although the Qur’ān is the truth verifying the message which is with them. O Muḥammad! Say, “The Tawrāt forbids killing the prophets; why then did you kill the Israelite prophets of Allāh in the past if you really believed in the Tawrāt?!” How can you claim to believe in the Tawrāt and Mūsā? Read the history of your ancestors and see thatS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when they are told, ‘Believe in what Allah has sent down,’ they say, ‘We believe in what was sent down to us,’ and they disbelieve what is besides it, though it is the truth confirming what is with them. Say, ‘Then why would you kill the prophets of Allah formerly, should you be faithful?’Ali Quli Qarai

And when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allāh has revealed," they say, "We believe [only] in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the prophets of Allāh before, if you are [indeed] believers?"Saheeh International

2:92

۞ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ ۝٩٢

Walaqad jaakum moosa bilbayyinatithumma ittakhathtumu alAAijla min baAAdihi waantum thalimoon

Mūsā had surely come to you with clear signs of his truth, yet during his absence of only forty days you took the image of a calf for god while you were transgressors.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Certainly Moses brought you manifest proofs, but then you took up the Calf in his absence and you were wrongdoers.Ali Quli Qarai

And Moses had certainly brought you clear proofs. Then you took the calf [in worship] after that, while you were wrongdoers.Saheeh International

2:93

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ ٱلطُّورَ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍۢ وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۖ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُوا۟ فِى قُلُوبِهِمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِهِۦٓ إِيمَٰنُكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ۝٩٣

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wasmaAAoo qaloosamiAAna waAAasayna waoshriboo feequloobihimu alAAijla bikufrihim qul bi/sama ya/murukumbihi eemanukum in kuntum mu/mineen

And also remember when We made a covenant with you and when We raised the Mount Sinai over you and said, “Take firm hold of the Tawrāt that We have given you and listen to Me and My messenger,” they said, “We hear your commands, but we disobey You.” They were made to imbibe the love of the calf into their hearts because of their disbelief. Say, “Evil is the thing which your so-called belief bids you to do if you really are believers!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when We took covenant with you and raised the Mount above you, [declaring], ‘Hold on with power to what We have given you, and do listen!’ They said, ‘We hear, and disobey,’ and their hearts had been imbued with [the love of] the Calf, due to their unfaith. Say, ‘Evil is that to which your faith prompts you, should you be faithful!’Ali Quli Qarai

And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], "Take what We have given you with determination and listen." They said [instead], "We hear and disobey." And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, "How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers."Saheeh International

2:94

قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةًۭ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٩٤

Qul in kanat lakumu addarual-akhiratu AAinda Allahi khalisatanmin dooni annasi fatamannawoo almawta in kuntum sadiqeen

Say to these Jews, “If the abode in the hereafter with Allāh is only for you to the exclusion of other people, then invoke death upon yourselves if you are truthful in your claim.” The life after death is better for those who believe and do good deeds. If they are sure of their status in the hereafter, then they should not be afraid of death! But, O My Messenger, be sure thatS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘If the abode of the Hereafter were exclusively for you with Allah, and not for other people, then long for death, should you be truthful.’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allāh is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful."Saheeh International

2:95

وَلَن يَتَمَنَّوْهُ أَبَدًۢا بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌۢ بِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٩٥

Walan yatamannawhu abadan bimaqaddamat aydeehim wallahu AAaleemun biaththalimeen

they will never invoke death upon themselves because of all the transgressions that their hands have sent before. Allāh is aware of the unjust people.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But they will not long for it ever because of what their hands have sent ahead, and Allah knows best the wrongdoers.Ali Quli Qarai

But never will they wish for it, ever, because of what their hands have put forth. And Allāh is Knowing of the wrongdoers.Saheeh International

2:96

وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ حَيَوٰةٍۢ وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚ يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍۢ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ ۝٩٦

Walatajidannahum ahrasa annasiAAala hayatin wamina allatheenaashrakoo yawaddu ahaduhum law yuAAammaru alfa sanatin wamahuwa bimuzahzihihi mina alAAathabi anyuAAammara wallahu baseerun bimayaAAmaloon

Not only that they won't invoke death upon themselves, but you will surely find them the greediest of people for the present life, even greedier than those who are polytheists because the latter do not believe in the life hereafter so they do not have to worry about giving accounts of their deeds, whereas the former know that they will be punished for their wrongdoings so they fear death—the death which will take them to the Fire. Each of them desires that he should be granted a life of a thousand years. But they should know that being given a long life will in no way remove them further off from the chastisement, and Allāh sees what they do.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Surely, you will find them the greediest for life, of all people even the idolaters. Each of them is eager to live a thousand years, though it would not deliver him from the punishment, were he to live [that long]. And Allah watches what they do.Ali Quli Qarai

And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allāh. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.Saheeh International

2:97

قُلْ مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّۭا لِّجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُۥ نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًۭى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٩٧

Qul man kana AAaduwwan lijibreelafa-innahu nazzalahu AAala qalbika bi-ithni Allahimusaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi wahudan wabushralilmu/mineen

“Whoever is the enemy of Jibra’īl, then he should know that all angels, including Jibra’īl, are obedient servants of Allāh, and he is the one who, by the permission of Allāh, revealed to your heart the Qur’ān which verifies the revelations before it, and which is a guidance and good news for the believers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Say, ‘Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel [should know that] it is he who has brought it down on your heart with the will of Allah, confirming what has been [revealed] before it and as a guidance and good news for the faithful.’Ali Quli Qarai

Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down upon your heart, [O Muḥammad], by permission of Allāh, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."Saheeh International

2:98

مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّۭا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَىٰلَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٩٨

Man kana AAaduwwan lillahiwamala-ikatihi warusulihi wajibreela wameekalafa-inna Allaha AAaduwwun lilkafireen

whoever is the enemy of Allāh, His angels, His messengers, Jibra’īl and Miykā’īl, he should know that surely Allāh is the enemy of the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

[Say,] ‘Whoever is an enemy of Allah, His angels and His apostles and Gabriel and Michael, [let him know that] Allah is the enemy of the faithless.’Ali Quli Qarai

Whoever is an enemy to Allāh and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allāh is an enemy to the disbelievers.Saheeh International

2:99

وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ ۖ وَمَا يَكْفُرُ بِهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ ۝٩٩

Walaqad anzalna ilayka ayatinbayyinatin wama yakfuru biha illa alfasiqoon

O Muḥammad! We certainly have revealed to you clear signs to prove your truth and no one disbelieves in them except the transgressors.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

We have certainly sent down manifest signs to you, and no one denies them except transgressors.Ali Quli Qarai

And We have certainly revealed to you verses [which are] clear proofs, and no one would deny them except the defiantly disobedient.Saheeh International

2:100

أَوَكُلَّمَا عَٰهَدُوا۟ عَهْدًۭا نَّبَذَهُۥ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُم ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝١٠٠

Awa kullama AAahadoo AAahdannabathahu fareequn minhum bal aktharuhum layu/minoon

What! Whenever they make a covenant, a group of them violates it; and most of them do not believe.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Is it not that whenever they made a covenant, a part of them would cast it away? Rather, the majority of them do not have faith.Ali Quli Qarai

Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.Saheeh International

2:101

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌۭ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝١٠١

Walamma jaahum rasoolun minAAindi Allahi musaddiqun lima maAAahum nabathafareequn mina allatheena ootoo alkitaba kitabaAllahi waraa thuhoorihim kaannahum layaAAlamoon

And when there came unto the Israelites a Messenger from Allāh confirming the message that was already with them, a group from the Ahlul Kitāb discarded the Book of Allāh (the Tawrat) behind their backs and acted as if they didn't know anything about it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And when there came to them an apostle from Allah, confirming that which is with them, a part of those who were given the Book cast the Book of Allah behind their back, as if they did not know [that it is Allah’s Book].Ali Quli Qarai

And when a messenger from Allāh came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allāh [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].Saheeh International

2:102

وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَا تَتْلُوا۟ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ عَلَىٰ مُلْكِ سُلَيْمَٰنَ ۖ وَمَا كَفَرَ سُلَيْمَٰنُ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَكَيْنِ بِبَابِلَ هَٰرُوتَ وَمَٰرُوتَ ۚ وَمَا يُعَلِّمَانِ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَآ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ فِتْنَةٌۭ فَلَا تَكْفُرْ ۖ فَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مِنْهُمَا مَا يُفَرِّقُونَ بِهِۦ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهِۦ ۚ وَمَا هُم بِضَآرِّينَ بِهِۦ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَيَتَعَلَّمُونَ مَا يَضُرُّهُمْ وَلَا يَنفَعُهُمْ ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمُوا۟ لَمَنِ ٱشْتَرَىٰهُ مَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَٰقٍۢ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ مَا شَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝١٠٢

WattabaAAoo ma tatloo ashshayateenuAAala mulki sulaymana wama kafara sulaymanuwalakinna ashshayateena kafarooyuAAallimoona annasa assihra wamaonzila AAala almalakayni bibabila harootawamaroota wama yuAAallimani min ahadinhatta yaqoola innama nahnufitnatun fala takfur fayataAAallamoona minhuma mayufarriqoona bihi bayna almar-i wazawjihi wama hum bidarreenabihi min ahadin illa bi-ithni AllahiwayataAAallamoona ma yadurruhum walayanfaAAuhum walaqad AAalimoo lamani ishtarahu malahu fee al-akhirati min khalaqin walabi/sa masharaw bihi anfusahum law kanoo yaAAlamoon

The Israelites rejected the revelation of Allāh and they followed what the shayṭāns recited to the unbelievers who lived in the time of Prophet Sulaymān's kingdom. The shayṭāns inspired into the unbelievers’ minds that, “Sulaymān (Solomon) was not a prophet or a believer, he was rather a sorcerer and magician; and he had acquired such a great kingdom through sorcery. So learn sorcery, and you also would be able to do the same.” Of course, Sulaymān had not disbelieved nor was he a sorcerer; it was the devils who had disbelieved, teaching sorcery to the people and teaching what was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Hārūt and Mārūt. After the era of Nūḥ, sorcery had spread among the people, so Allāh sent two angels named Hārūt and Mārūt to the people with instructions to teach sorcery to the believers so that they could use it to counter the sorcery of the unbelievers. The believers were instructed to never use the sorcery except to falsify the unbelievers’ sorcery. The two angels did not teach the sorcery to anyone unless they said, “We are just a means of trial for you to see whether or not you use this art in the right way. So do not disbelieve by misusing the knowhow of sorcery.” The unbelievers learned from the shayṭāns and from what was revealed to those two angels, the art of sorcery by which they could create separation between a man and his wife. But these unbelievers cannot harm anyone by their sorcery except by Allāh’s permission. They have learned the thing which harms them and does not profit them. They surely knew that one who bought (i.e., learned) that art of sorcery has no share in the grace of the hereafter, and vile is the price for which they sold themselves. This loss would have been clear to them if they had listened to their prophet and had known about the hereafter.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And they followed what the devils pursued during Solomon’s reign —and Solomon was not faithless but it was the devils who were faithless—teaching the people magic and what was sent down to the two angels at Babylon, Harut and Marut, who would not teach anyone without telling [him], ‘We are only a test, so do not be faithless.’ But they would learn from those two that with which they would cause a split between man and his wife—though they could not harm anyone with it except with Allah’s leave. They would learn that which would harm them and bring them no benefit; though they certainly knew that anyone who buys it has no share in the Hereafter. Surely, evil is that for which they sold their souls, had they known!Ali Quli Qarai

And they followed [instead] what the devils had recited during the reign of Solomon. It was not Solomon who disbelieved, but the devils disbelieved, teaching people magic and that which was revealed to the two angels at Babylon, Hārūt and Mārūt. But they [i.e., the two angels] do not teach anyone unless they say, "We are a trial, so do not disbelieve [by practicing magic]." And [yet] they learn from them that by which they cause separation between a man and his wife. But they do not harm anyone through it except by permission of Allāh. And they [i.e., people] learn what harms them and does not benefit them. But they [i.e., the Children of Israel] certainly knew that whoever purchased it [i.e., magic] would not have in the Hereafter any share. And wretched is that for which they sold themselves, if they only knew.Saheeh International

2:103

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌۭ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ ۖ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝١٠٣

Walaw annahum amanoo wattaqawlamathoobatun min AAindi Allahi khayrun law kanooyaAAlamoon

Had they believed in Allāh and guarded themselves against displeasing Him, their ever-lasting reward from Allāh would have been better than the worldly profits they might have gained from sorcery. Had they known it? The Jews of Medina were also the same: they believed in the lies (about the Prophet) imbibed into their minds by their leaders and priests.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Had they been faithful and Godwary, the reward from Allah would have been better, had they known!Ali Quli Qarai

And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew.Saheeh International

2:104

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَقُولُوا۟ رَٰعِنَا وَقُولُوا۟ ٱنظُرْنَا وَٱسْمَعُوا۟ ۗ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ ۝١٠٤

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoola taqooloo raAAina waqooloo onthurnawasmaAAoo walilkafireena AAathabun aleem

“O You who believe! Do not say ‘rā‘inā but say, ‘unzurna’—please wait for us—and listen carefully to what the Prophet says to you so you don’t have to interrupt him. And for the unbelievers who insult the Prophet, there is a grievous punishment.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)