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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 141 (2:141)

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

Quran 2:141 is ayah 141 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 21 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:141
تِلْكَأُمَّةٌقَدْخَلَتْ ۖلَهَامَاكَسَبَتْوَلَكُممَّاكَسَبْتُمْ ۖوَلَاتُسَْٔلُونَعَمَّاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ١٤١
til'ka ummatun qad khalat lahā mā kasabat walakum mā kasabtum walā tus'alūna ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūna

That is 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.(141)

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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