The Cow 2:101

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Arabic English Morphology
وَلَمَّا walammā
And when Noun
came to them V
رَسُولٌ rasūlun
a Messenger Noun
(of) Prep
عِندِ ʿindi
from Noun
Allah Noun
مُصَدِّقٌ muṣaddiqun
confirming Noun
لِّمَا limā
what Noun
مَعَهُمْ maʿahum
(was) with them Noun
نَبَذَ nabadha
threw away V
فَرِيقٌ farīqun
a party Noun
مِّنَ mina
of Prep
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
were given V
the Book Noun
كِتَٰبَ kitāba
(the) Book Noun
(of) Allah Noun
behind Noun
ظُهُورِهِمْ ẓuhūrihim
their backs Noun
as if they Prep
لَا
(do) not Prep
know V

When God sent them a messenger confirming the Scriptures they already had, some of those who had received the Scripture before threw the Book of God over their shoulders as if they had no knowledge

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقࣱ لِّمَا مَعَهُمۡ نَبَذَ فَرِیقࣱ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ كِتَـٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَاۤءَ ظُهُورِهِمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝١٠١

walammā jāahum rasūlun min ʿindi l-lahi muṣaddiqun limā maʿahum nabadha farīqun mina alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba kitāba l-lahi warāa ẓuhūrihim ka-annahum lā yaʿlamūn