Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 134 (2:134)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسَْٔلُونَ عَمَّا …

Quran 2:134 is ayah 134 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 20 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:134
تِلْكَأُمَّةٌقَدْخَلَتْ ۖلَهَامَاكَسَبَتْوَلَكُممَّاكَسَبْتُمْ ۖوَلَاتُسَْٔلُونَعَمَّاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ١٣٤
til'ka ummatun qad khalat lahā mā kasabat walakum mā kasabtum walā tus'alūna ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūna

That was a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.(134)

Word by word

  1. تِلْكَtil'kaThis
  2. أُمَّةٌummatun(was) a community
  3. قَدْqad(which)
  4. خَلَتْ ۖkhalathas passed away
  5. لَهَاlahāfor it
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. كَسَبَتْkasabatit earned
  8. وَلَكُمwalakumand for you
  9. مَّاmāwhat
  10. كَسَبْتُمْ ۖkasabtumyou have earned
  11. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  12. تُسَْٔلُونَtus'alūnayou will be asked
  13. عَمَّاʿammāabout what
  14. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  15. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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