Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 161 (2:161)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَمَاتُوا۟ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةُ ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 2:161 is ayah 161 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 24 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:161
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَمَاتُوا۟وَهُمْكُفَّارٌأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَعَلَيْهِمْلَعْنَةُٱللَّهِوَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِوَٱلنَّاسِأَجْمَعِينَ١٦١
inna alladhīna kafarū wamātū wahum kuffārun ulāika ʿalayhim laʿnatu l-lahi wal-malāikati wal-nāsi ajmaʿīna

Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers - upon them will be the curse of Allāh and of the angels and the people, all together,(161)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
  4. وَمَاتُوا۟wamātūand die[d]
  5. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  6. كُفَّارٌkuffārun(were) disbelievers
  7. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  8. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
  9. لَعْنَةُlaʿnatu(is the) curse
  10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  11. وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِwal-malāikatiand the Angels
  12. وَٱلنَّاسِwal-nāsiand the mankind
  13. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall together

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