Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 101 (2:101)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ …

Quran 2:101 is ayah 101 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 15 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:101
وَلَمَّاجَآءَهُمْرَسُولٌمِّنْعِندِٱللَّهِمُصَدِّقٌلِّمَامَعَهُمْنَبَذَفَرِيقٌمِّنَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَكِتَٰبَٱللَّهِوَرَآءَظُهُورِهِمْكَأَنَّهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَ١٠١
walammā jāahum rasūlun min ʿindi l-lahi muṣaddiqun limā maʿahum nabadha farīqun mina alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba kitāba l-lahi warāa ẓuhūrihim ka-annahum lā yaʿlamūna

And when a messenger from Allāh came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allāh [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].(101)

Word by word

  1. وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
  2. جَآءَهُمْjāahumcame to them
  3. رَسُولٌrasūluna Messenger
  4. مِّنْmin(of)
  5. عِندِʿindifrom
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  7. مُصَدِّقٌmuṣaddiqunconfirming
  8. لِّمَاlimāwhat
  9. مَعَهُمْmaʿahum(was) with them
  10. نَبَذَnabadhathrew away
  11. فَرِيقٌfarīquna party
  12. مِّنَminaof
  13. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  14. أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
  15. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  16. كِتَٰبَkitāba(the) Book
  17. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  18. وَرَآءَwarāabehind
  19. ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
  20. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they
  21. لَاlā(do) not
  22. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

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