The Cow — Verse 140

2:140 · al-Baqarah

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Arabic English Morphology
أَمْ am
Or Prep
تَقُولُونَ taqūlūna
(do) you say V
إِنَّ inna
that Prep
إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ ib'rāhīma
Ibrahim Noun
وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ wa-is'māʿīla
and Ishmael Noun
وَإِسْحَٰقَ wa-is'ḥāqa
and Isaac Noun
وَيَعْقُوبَ wayaʿqūba
and Yaqub Noun
وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَ wal-asbāṭa
and the descendants Noun
كَانُوا۟ kānū
were V
هُودًا hūdan
Jews Noun
أَوْ aw
or Prep
نَصَٰرَىٰ naṣārā
Christians Noun
قُلْ qul
Say V
ءَأَنتُمْ a-antum
Are you Noun
أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu
better knowing Noun
أَمِ ami
or Prep
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
(is) Allah Noun
وَمَنْ waman
And who Noun
أَظْلَمُ aẓlamu
(is) more unjust Noun
مِمَّن mimman
than (the one) who Prep
كَتَمَ katama
concealed V
شَهَٰدَةً shahādatan
a testimony Noun
عِندَهُۥ ʿindahu
(that) he has Noun
مِنَ mina
from Prep
ٱللَّهِ l-lahi
Allah Noun
وَمَا wamā
And not Prep
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
(is) Allah Noun
بِغَٰفِلٍ bighāfilin
unaware Noun
عَمَّا ʿammā
of what Prep
تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna
you do V

Or are you saying that Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes were Jews or Christians?’ [Prophet], ask them, ‘Who knows better: you or God? Who could be more wicked than those who hide a testimony [they received] from God? God is not unmindful of what you do.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أَمۡ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبۡرَ ٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَـٰعِیلَ وَإِسۡحَـٰقَ وَیَعۡقُوبَ وَٱلۡأَسۡبَاطَ كَانُوا۟ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَـٰرَىٰۗ قُلۡ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ أَمِ ٱللَّهُۗ وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن كَتَمَ شَهَـٰدَةً عِندَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٤٠

am taqūlūna inna ib'rāhīma wa-is'māʿīla wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba wal-asbāṭa kānū hūdan aw naṣārā qul a-antum aʿlamu ami l-lahu waman aẓlamu mimman katama shahādatan ʿindahu mina l-lahi wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūn

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