The Cow — Verse 216

2:216 · al-Baqarah

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Arabic English Morphology
كُتِبَ kutiba
Is prescribed V
عَلَيْكُمُ ʿalaykumu
upon you Prep
ٱلْقِتَالُ l-qitālu
[the] fighting Noun
وَهُوَ wahuwa
while it Noun
كُرْهٌ kur'hun
(is) hateful Noun
لَّكُمْ lakum
to you Noun
وَعَسَىٰٓ waʿasā
But perhaps V
أَن an
[that] Prep
تَكْرَهُوا۟ takrahū
you dislike V
شَيْـًٔا shayan
a thing Noun
وَهُوَ wahuwa
and it Noun
خَيْرٌ khayrun
(is) good Noun
لَّكُمْ lakum
for you Noun
وَعَسَىٰٓ waʿasā
and perhaps V
أَن an
[that] Prep
تُحِبُّوا۟ tuḥibbū
you love V
شَيْـًٔا shayan
a thing Noun
وَهُوَ wahuwa
and it Noun
شَرٌّ sharrun
(is) bad Noun
لَّكُمْ lakum
for you Noun
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu
And Allah Noun
يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu
knows V
وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum
while you Noun
لَا lā
(do) not Prep
تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna
know V

Fighting is ordained for you, though you dislike it. You may dislike something although it is good for you, or like something although it is bad for you: God knows and you do not.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

كُتِبَ عَلَیۡكُمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرۡهࣱ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰۤ أَن تَكۡرَهُوا۟ شَیۡءࣰا وَهُوَ خَیۡرࣱ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰۤ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَیۡءࣰا وَهُوَ شَرࣱّ لَّكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ یَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٢١٦

kutiba ʿalaykumu l-qitālu wahuwa kur'hun lakum waʿasā an takrahū shayan wahuwa khayrun lakum waʿasā an tuḥibbū shayan wahuwa sharrun lakum wal-lahu yaʿlamu wa-antum lā taʿlamūn

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