The Cow — Verse 71

2:71 · al-Baqarah

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Arabic English Morphology
قَالَ qāla
He said V
إِنَّهُۥ innahu
Indeed, He Prep
يَقُولُ yaqūlu
says V
إِنَّهَا innahā
[Indeed] it Prep
بَقَرَةٌ baqaratun
(is) a cow Noun
لَّا lā
not Prep
ذَلُولٌ dhalūlun
trained Noun
تُثِيرُ tuthīru
to plough V
ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa
the earth Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
تَسْقِى tasqī
water V
ٱلْحَرْثَ l-ḥartha
the field Noun
مُسَلَّمَةٌ musallamatun
sound Noun
لَّا lā
no Prep
شِيَةَ shiyata
blemish Noun
فِيهَا fīhā
in it Prep
قَالُوا۟ qālū
They said V
ٱلْـَٰٔنَ l-āna
Now Noun
جِئْتَ ji'ta
you have come V
بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi
with the truth Noun
فَذَبَحُوهَا fadhabaḥūhā
So they slaughtered it V
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
كَادُوا۟ kādū
they were near V
يَفْعَلُونَ yafʿalūna
(to) doing (it) V

He replied, ‘It is a perfect and unblemished cow, not trained to till the earth or water the fields.’ They said, ‘Now you have brought the truth,’ and so they slaughtered it, though they almost failed to do so

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ یَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةࣱ لَّا ذَلُولࣱ تُثِیرُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَا تَسۡقِی ٱلۡحَرۡثَ مُسَلَّمَةࣱ لَّا شِیَةَ فِیهَاۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلۡءَـٰنَ جِئۡتَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ یَفۡعَلُونَ ۝٧١

qāla innahu yaqūlu innahā baqaratun lā dhalūlun tuthīru l-arḍa walā tasqī l-ḥartha musallamatun lā shiyata fīhā qālū l-āna ji'ta bil-ḥaqi fadhabaḥūhā wamā kādū yafʿalūn

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