The Cow 2:16

Text Analysis  ·  Go to Parallel Translations
Arabic English Morphology
Those Noun
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
(are) the ones who Noun
bought V
ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ l-ḍalālata
[the] astraying Noun
for [the] guidance Noun
فَمَا famā
So not Prep
رَبِحَت rabiḥat
profited V
their commerce Noun
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
were they V
guided-ones Noun

They have bought error in exchange for guidance, so their trade reaps no profit, and they are not rightly guided

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ ٱلَّذِینَ ٱشۡتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهۡتَدِینَ ۝١٦

ulāika alladhīna ish'tarawū l-ḍalālata bil-hudā famā rabiḥat tijāratuhum wamā kānū muh'tadīn