The Cow — Verse 141
2:141 · al-Baqarah
The Cow 2:141
Text Analysis
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| Arabic | English | Morphology |
|---|---|---|
|
تِلْكَ
til'ka
|
This | Noun |
|
أُمَّةٌ
ummatun
|
(was) a community | Noun |
|
قَدْ
qad
|
(which) | Prep |
|
خَلَتْ
khalat
|
has passed away | V |
|
لَهَا
lahā
|
for it | Noun |
|
مَا
mā
|
what | Noun |
|
كَسَبَتْ
kasabat
|
it earned | V |
|
وَلَكُم
walakum
|
and for you | Noun |
|
مَّا
mā
|
what | Noun |
|
كَسَبْتُمْ
kasabtum
|
you have earned | V |
|
وَلَا
walā
|
And not | Prep |
|
تُسْـَٔلُونَ
tus'alūna
|
you will be asked | V |
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عَمَّا
ʿammā
|
about what | Prep |
|
كَانُوا۟
kānū
|
they used to | V |
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يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
|
do | V |
That community passed away: what they earned belongs to them, and what you earn belongs to you. You will not be answerable for their deeds
— Abdel Haleem
Arabic Text
تِلۡكَ أُمَّةࣱ قَدۡ خَلَتۡۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبۡتُمۡۖ وَلَا تُسۡءَلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ یَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤١
til'ka ummatun qad khalat lahā mā kasabat walakum mā kasabtum walā tus'alūna ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūn