The Cow — Verse 145
2:145 · al-Baqarah
The Cow 2:145
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| Arabic | English | Morphology |
|---|---|---|
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وَلَئِنْ
wala-in
|
And even if | Prep |
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أَتَيْتَ
atayta
|
you come | V |
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
|
(to) those who | Noun |
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أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
|
were given | V |
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ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
l-kitāba
|
the Book | Noun |
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بِكُلِّ
bikulli
|
with all | Noun |
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ءَايَةٍ
āyatin
|
(the) signs | Noun |
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مَّا
mā
|
not | Prep |
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تَبِعُوا۟
tabiʿū
|
they would follow | V |
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قِبْلَتَكَ
qib'lataka
|
your direction of prayer | Noun |
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وَمَآ
wamā
|
and not | Prep |
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أَنتَ
anta
|
(will) you (be) | Noun |
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بِتَابِعٍ
bitābiʿin
|
a follower | Noun |
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قِبْلَتَهُمْ
qib'latahum
|
(of) their direction of prayer | Noun |
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وَمَا
wamā
|
And not | Prep |
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بَعْضُهُم
baʿḍuhum
|
some of them | Noun |
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بِتَابِعٍ
bitābiʿin
|
(are) followers | Noun |
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قِبْلَةَ
qib'lata
|
(of the) direction of prayer | Noun |
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بَعْضٍ
baʿḍin
|
(of each) other | Noun |
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وَلَئِنِ
wala-ini
|
And if | Prep |
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ٱتَّبَعْتَ
ittabaʿta
|
you followed | V |
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أَهْوَآءَهُم
ahwāahum
|
their desires | Noun |
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مِّنۢ
min
|
from | Prep |
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بَعْدِ
baʿdi
|
after | Noun |
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مَا
mā
|
[what] | Noun |
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جَآءَكَ
jāaka
|
came to you | V |
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مِنَ
mina
|
of | Prep |
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ٱلْعِلْمِ
l-ʿil'mi
|
the knowledge | Noun |
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إِنَّكَ
innaka
|
indeed, you | Prep |
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إِذًا
idhan
|
(would) then | Prep |
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لَّمِنَ
lamina
|
(be) surely among | Prep |
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ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
|
the wrongdoers | Noun |
Yet even if you brought every proof to those who were given the Scripture, they would not follow your prayer direction, nor will you follow theirs, nor indeed will any of them follow one another’s direction. If you [Prophet] were to follow their desires, after the knowledge brought to you, you would be doing wrong
— Abdel Haleem
Arabic Text
وَلَىِٕنۡ أَتَیۡتَ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَایَةࣲ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبۡلَتَكَۚ وَمَاۤ أَنتَ بِتَابِعࣲ قِبۡلَتَهُمۡۚ وَمَا بَعۡضُهُم بِتَابِعࣲ قِبۡلَةَ بَعۡضࣲۚ وَلَىِٕنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتَ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَاۤءَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ إِنَّكَ إِذࣰا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ١٤٥
wala-in atayta alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba bikulli āyatin mā tabiʿū qib'lataka wamā anta bitābiʿin qib'latahum wamā baʿḍuhum bitābiʿin qib'lata baʿḍin wala-ini ittabaʿta ahwāahum min baʿdi mā jāaka mina l-ʿil'mi innaka idhan lamina l-ẓālimīn